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Tanzania 2022 – July 10 – No longer a face on the refrigerator
Yesterday brought us to a school in Majengo. After a brief welcoming ceremony, which included singing children and tribal dancers, I got to meet the child my wife and I have sponsored for several years. During all this time, various photos of Talik Dalusi have adorned the side our our refrigerator, chronicling his growth over…
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Tanzania 2022 – July 9 – Travel, travel, travel
I believe we have lost all sense of size and space. Technology has put the world instantaneously at our fingertips, and in just over 24 hours, we can travel across the planet. And then, using our tech, we can call loved ones back home and talk like it’s no big deal. No. Big. Deal. But…
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Is abortion safer than live birth? Not for everyone
So, I see this chart on an article about abortion. It portrays that the death rate for the mother in an abortion procedure is less than during a live birth. “Safer.” Problem is, they’re leaving someone out of the equation. So I fixed the chart. There are alternatives to abortion. There have to be.
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Asking the right questions
Objecting to the teaching of God’s sovereign grace reveals far more about the heart and mind that won’t submit to this revealed truth than it does about the difficulty of the doctrine.
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The “heart” of Christianity is not one thing
It’s crossed my mind recently that anything of the Christian life that we may feel we’re “good” at, we tend to regard as THE heart of what it means to be a Christian. Sometimes I’ll hear someone say they’re focusing on the simple work of the gospel, helping the poor and unfortunate. “That’s what Jesus…
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