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the blog posts in date order...November 1, 2018 · Insight for LivingI typically don’t blog about things that are TOO personal to me. I mean, this is the World Wide Web after all. I’m just extra careful about some things. But today, I can’t help myself. There is something strange and beautiful about throwing down a Diet Coke and munching on Doritos at a cemetery...October 27, 2018 · Short-Term Missionsby Jim Coonce I shared the passage of scripture above last summer on the first night of leading a week-long mission trip to Guatemala. And now I am going to share with YOU why it is vitally important. There were 18 of us from central Illinois, and we had just settled into our lodging after a...Title Photo by Kara Capps So. Let us quickly get to the reason you opened this blog post: a Harry Potter reference. If you are a "Potterface," you well know of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class from J.K. Rowling's popular fiction, or DADA, as fans call it. You may NOT be a Rowling-reader,...October 3, 2018 · Insight for LivingHello friend, So. I'm going to share a little known fact, even amoung my close friends: I like Woody Allen. I'm not one to re-watch his movies much but I've always appreciated them. He's a struggler. A seeker. At least, that is what shows up in his writing. One of the funniest (and most...You’ve heard that deep male voice that enticed you to watch it, and after you finished the movie you came to see, you remembered that there was another great show on the horizon because of that tremendous trailer. When I was a little girl someone told me that when we die everything we did in...September 3, 2018 · Insight for LivingJohn makes a strong case for our “knowing” we are in Christ. He uses the word FORTY times in this short book. That’s around eight times each chapter … more than once every three verses! Ya think he wanted to get this point across? You can also go through the whole book of 1 John and underline...August 27, 2018 · Insight for LivingA promise is a pretty big deal, right? John builds his first little epistle around several “assurance passages” – lines throughout the book where he pauses and makes certain these Christians understand who they are ... and whose they are. They are passages that were so awesome to highlight that...August 18, 2018 · Insight for LivingHey friend. This may seem like a bizarre question, but it is one I feel compelled to ask you. Which of the following three statements most depicts the way you see the scripture? “I can know with complete certainty that I am saved and have eternal life.”“I am not sure that I have eternal life and...Today's Short-Termer PROVERB: “Rosemary for remembrance. Stink Weed for forgetting.” You will never forget this experience on “the field” and I doubt that you truly forget the names of the people who touched you the most. But they might feel forgotten. You are miles away in your familiar...June 28, 2018 · Insight for Living,Short-Term MissionsYou already know what many of people from the Bible have in common is that they were outcasts. So let’s look at a quick list of untouchables from Jesus’ time:the lamethe blindtax collectors and prostitutes (both of whom often lived reviled)the widowed and the orphanedthe Samaritan woman at the...June 21, 2018 · Insight for LivingI’d like for you to ponder this for a moment (I’d ask you to close your eyes if we were face-to-face) and imagine yourself in the bizarre reality of this story. You are an Israelite running — running for your life — during a months-long stupor. You don’t know what’s going on … you have seen...June 19, 2018 · Short-Term MissionsCulture is like the air we breathe, taken for granted, but we can't live without it. It is so vast and so deep that sometimes we don't realise it is all around us. And as missionaries, it can be pretty scary if we don't step back and take the time to realise that as we forge forward. One of my...June 15, 2018 · Short-Term MissionsYour tickets purchased and your bags are packed. Your Bible is open and you have enough bug spray to supply a small army. It’s time for that long-planned mission trip to begin! We go on mission trips for all sorts of reasons. And just like the references in the Bible to “one body, many parts” -...June 15, 2018 · Short-Term MissionsHave you been to Honduras? To Ecuador? To anywhere in Africa? If so, it WILL be a question you or someone will ask at one point before your trip: CAN I DRINK THE WATER? Guess what? The quest for potable water actually recurs many times in John’s gospel too. For example, let us contrast the...June 4, 2018 · Short-Term Missions"He must become greater; I must become less." John 3:30 Is there actually something that could totally ruin the message of Jesus that you came to bring to your mission point? When asked this question in various mission training camps I have gotten this response: "Wait, what? Of course not! It's...June 3, 2018 · Short-Term MissionsThis is an engaging, interesting, sometimes hilarious, and most definitely a perspective-changing activity to do with your mission team before you go on your mission trip. It is typically most helpful in your very first session because then you have some things to refer back to as you contemplate...If you have ever read the book or seen the movie about The Hiding Place or if you know anything of the Ten Boom family you are going to love this story. If you haven't, I guarantee you still. will. love it! It's pretty rad ... and it happened to me many moons ago. In 1989 I was robbed in...IMPORTANT SHORT-TERMER PROVERB: “A fool and his money are soon parted; often with a going-away party.” Guys, this is a tough one. I love short-term missions. My life was forever changed by short-term missions or I wouldn't be writing about it, right? My parents were missionaries in New Zealand...Today's Short-Termer PROVERB: "Curiousity killed the cat that ate the rat that lived in the missionary's house we kinda trashed..." (Gentle Translation: Try Your Best Not to Exhaust Our Long-termers or Damage Christ’s Witness) Consider this. You're sitting on your front porch having an...Hi there! If you are here it is most likely because you are continuing to explore The Scripture Scout Missionary's Personal Proverbs. You don't even need to back track, but please feel free! Let's start Part 3 with a cute/funny little story ... Joseph came into the missionary’s house with vomit...More Posts Connect With Us!
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