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The Scripture Scout's Top 3 Mission Points for 2020
January 19, 2020 · Mission Trip Atlas
Where would you help the most on a short-term trip? Mission trip experts have cracked that code for you with 3 of the BEST MISSION TRIP COMPANIES! You have a heart for missions, but you don't know where to go and you are looking for team mission opportunities. OR ... you may already have a...
The Best Dinner Rolls Ever: An Expert Review
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I am going to share with you a VERY little-known story that has stayed primarily in my immediate family. I'm not sure I know anyone else in my family who has heard this one. But I am going to share it with you. My mother would be so embarrassed if she were here, but she is not. During the...
Beware of Mission Trips! 2 Tips About Short-Term Mission Trips That Can Turn Your World Upside Down
January 13, 2020 · Mission Trip Atlas
Are you ready? These tips will completely change your mission trip ... before it starts! Seriously. You may already be asking yourself, "I'd like to explore the world and help people, but what will I learn from a mission trip?" I am about to tell you TWO THINGS about mission trips that will...
Why You Shouldn't Believe in God
January 7, 2020 · Life-Maps · 4
There are several significant questions people ask at one point in their lives: God, where are you? God, who are you? What is wrong with the world? What’s the remedy? I get that. I believe that all of the natural laws are corrupted by our finite minds anyway and that there is no universal...
6 of the Easiest Resolutions Ever
December 26, 2019 · Life-Maps
2020. It's finally, actually right around the corner. It's gonna be big. It's gonna be better. It's gonna be HOTT. You are making resolutions and determinations, and you're inspired by the possibilities. You will watch the ball drop on television and sing Auld Lang Syne with friends or family....
How to SMELL Christmas ...
December 19, 2019 · Map Skills
Hello, blog-readin' family. How is your Christmas holiday shaping up? I had a rough Monday to start, but I cried out to God and He helped me. You know, He always does when I cry out to Him. Go figure ... being GOD and all. ;-) I encourage you to cry out to Him, too, if you're going through a...
The Philosophy of SECURITY
December 11, 2019 · Life-Maps
In the famous Peanuts comic series, Charles Schultz' Linus van Pelt, is the epitome of fear. You know the guy. Little Linus totes his security blanket around and holds it like he might implode if it left him. Linus, the guy who tries to kick the habit by once giving said blanket to Snoopy,...
Who's Afraid of The Day of the Dead?
November 1, 2019 · Life-Maps
I 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...
7 Ways to Defend Against the Dark Arts
October 20, 2019 · Life-Maps · 2
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, but you will probably be...
Kids Want to Skip Church for Good Reasons
October 11, 2019 · Map Skills
Imagine if we began raising the next crop of kids who could stand on the Word of God without yielding, who recognised how to maintain the Christian faith, and could actually respond well to the sceptical questions of this day! These kids will become grownups who have a passion for sharing the...
How to Know You’re Doing Things That Matter
October 9, 2019 · Life-Maps · 2
The proprietors opened up the ropes for her. They let that little girl (aged eighty-plus years) passed the rope barrier to see an unforgettable room in an important home. To her, for over seventy years it had only existed on Memory Lane. She was in a room in a plantation house located in...
4 OBSTACLES AND SOLUTIONS FOR MISSIONARY KIDS WHO WANT TO TAKE MUSIC LESSONS
September 27, 2019 · Mission Trip Atlas
Have you ever considered the obstacles and benefits of missionary kids taking piano lessons? Maybe you have because you’re a missionary and want your kids to learn piano. Or perhaps you’ve never thought about it until now. However, because your church supports missionaries, you may be reading...
How You Can Learn to Embrace Brokenness
September 23, 2019 · Life-Maps
Peace and passion. An extremely enviable combination – and a state of being that many people hunt, but not many are able to effectively realize. A few years ago, when I first penned the broken glass blog piece, I said that I wanted to trust God to fix broken things. That was apparently a pre...
2 Reasons Musicals ARE Like Real Life
September 18, 2019 · Life-Maps
I’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...
The ONE Thing to Remember When Everything Seems to Be Going Wrong...
August 30, 2019 · Life-Maps
A friend of mine wore purple yesterday in honor of overdose awareness. I joined. Thinking back, many years ago, when our children were little, I do not believe either of us could ever imagine that overdose would be a part of our story. But it is. And I am still proud of us. We still have tears...
7 Steps to Writing Your Own Bible School Curriculum
August 24, 2019 · Map Skills
Have you found yourself in need of some Sunday school material, but you want it to be GOOD. SOLID. Truly FOLLOWS the Word of God? Are you part of a missionary family who doesn't consistently have the same resources you did in your home country? You want your kids to know Jesus, but you don't...
The Ultimate Mic Drop
August 18, 2019 · Life-Maps · 2
A comedian has done it after an excellent joke. It is an indication of complete confidence in their performance, and it showcases as a somewhat arrogant certainty that NO response is worthy except an expensive microphone hitting the floor. I think it was Eddie Murphy or some famous singer or ......
3 Eye-Opening and Insightful Ways to Process Your Mission Trip
August 9, 2019 · Mission Trip Atlas
My strongest memory of my many trips to Honduras is the way the humidity slaps me in the face like a sarcastic “welcome back” every time I step off the plane. I love it! It is a refreshing reminder of my second home. Earlier we talked about perspective changes and challenges to our personal...
Too Fat for a Mission Trip
July 31, 2019 · Mission Trip Atlas
"I'm too fat for a mission trip!" It came from a former student who felt guilty about ministering to an impoverished country due to her weight. She had seen poverty like she had never imagined. You can’t believe it’s over. After months of preparation and prayer, the trip is now a memory, a...
What No One Tells You About Bears
July 20, 2019 · Life-Maps
It would have been an uneventful vacation for the most part for me and Dave. The boys were visiting special family and we were at a beautiful cabin on a porch swing enjoying a morning coffee. I put on the bandage he'd given me and walked over to the corner to adjust the table there. I then asked...
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