Stop Helping Everyone: Love Has Boundaries
I recently had someone visiting when my phone rang. I turned the phone off, “not right now.” That prompted my visitor to ask: Why not? What if they are calling for help? That could… Lees meer.
Category: English blog
Language-tired. We’ll say nothing to each other for a while.
Exhausted from language. Is that possible? Absolutely. Try reading this: Afgelopen zondag waren we naar een Poolse kerk, z nabożeństwem po polsku and (especially for us) translated into English, после чего мы пошли в… Lees meer.
Why people follow false prophets.
Sometimes it truly scares me: people read the Bible, but they do not understand it. They believe things that clearly do not align with what the Bible says, and they follow leaders who spread… Lees meer.
Depressed winner
Some time ago, I spoke with X. Things weren’t going well for her, and she indicated that she had been depressed… for quite a while. She hadn’t been leaving her house, spent days lying… Lees meer.
The blogs were conversations…
When you read our blog posts, maybe next time take a moment to remember that every single one of them once began as a conversation with someone. Behind each blog post is a conversation… Lees meer.
Rain or shine, they are there.
Right now it is -12 degrees outside, there is snow, and if you “live” on the street, are lonely, and have no food… you have a problem. Every Thursday this team is there. Rain,… Lees meer.
Is Man Good or Evil? What Does the Bible Really Say? Jesus as a “Lens”
I regularly get questions like this: “I read somewhere that God sees man as a sinner. That doesn’t fit at all with how I view people. How does that work, because I also don’t… Lees meer.
For the (fellow) missionaries:
If you are called to missions, you need a thick skin. You will face criticism, gossip, betrayal, and sometimes even theft or false accusations. And more often than you would hope or think, this… Lees meer.
Cold is more than just a temperature
If you’re reading this, we’re in Poland. No matter the weather, code orange or red; if we need to be somewhere, we just go. The drive here was fine, though we mostly saw a… Lees meer.
Relationship with Jesus: Built or received? Rest or restlessness?
At the beginning of a new year it often shows up again: the call to “do something.” New habits, new disciplines, new goals. Sometimes it takes on a “pious” form. On January 1, I… Lees meer.
