Isaiah 58 is a butcher knife that cuts through the heart of everything we regard as holy. It begins with a whine and ends with a wallop! God’s people are perplexed at why He isn’t moved by their worship, zeal, fasting and humility. They imagine they are doing all the …
“God Sent You Here to See Me”
This May I was able to fulfill a dream from my childhood of traveling down the Amazon River…well, a piece of the Amazon just out of Manaus, Brazil. Although it was a mission trip through our partner, Ray of Hope, my heart was as set on seeing enormous snakes hanging …
In Praise of “Messy Ministry”
A former pastor of mine once shocked my sensibilities by challenging the notion that God could look upon sin, something I was educated to believe he could not do. It was always my understanding that his holiness would somehow be compromised were he to do so. But the good pastor …
Ministering to The Least, the Last and the Lost
JMI has borrowed this expression of William Wilberforce to remind us who we’re seeking to serve when we set up services in various countries. We’re searching for the least, the last and the lost, particularly among orphans and acutely vulnerable children. In May of this year, our search took us …