It has been said that more people in the world have access to a cellphone than a toilet. In the country where I live, a new, low-end smartphone easily costs half of one’s monthly salary– if they have a good, stable job. Many don’t, and even a basic “dumb phone” can strain their finances. So …
How is it possible to love a sparrow, or a chicken, or hamster, or any other animal? I was discussing this today with a friend, and realized something I’d never really put into words before. When you put time and love into something, you get attached. So, when a pet dies, we cry. I had …
Recently I’ve been studying societal controversy, and rebuke of sin, in the Bible. The two are not the same; but they are both forms of confrontation, a thing which I happen to not like. I figured I’d start with our most perfect Example. And while I typically avoid quoting other sources besides the Bible, I …
9,150 miles away, the church’s largest annual youth conference is beginning. The topic? The Laodicean message. It’s a message to us, now, to take a firm stand on our beliefs. It’s the only way we’ll be able to truly grow to know God more, to remain faithful. Listening in on my little phone screen while …
It’s Christmas Day in Cambodia! I helped to lead the school Christmas program on Monday, and then left on a moto trip to another province. I’m visiting another Adventist church today. But more on all that later… For now, I want to share a story I wrote in 2019, which I hope is a small …
Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in Cambodia (indeed, Christmas isn’t either.) So I had normal work at the school all day, hence why I’m writing the post after Thanksgiving. We’ll have our Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, Sabbath. It’s Friday evening now, about 8:00 local time. I live in the eastern highlands of Cambodia, and winter is coming on. …
But if I only KNEW, I could prepare for it. Yeah. Well… I know that God never withholds anything from us that would be in our best eternal interest to know. And He never withholds any blessing from us that would be in our best interest to have. So then, could it be that sometimes …
I would venture to guess that you’ve never seen a more armored beetle than the one in the photo above. These Cambodian Rhinoceros Beetles do indeed look intimidating the first time you meet them. But actually… For all their armor, they’re rather helpless little beasts. All their strength and armor may help protect them against …
Much of the time, life in Cambodia bears a lot of similarities to life in the West, in spite of its differences. It’s nothing like the old jungle mission stories, where reclusive jungle tribes thought of the newly-developing field of electronics as magic, and any white people were thought of as baby-eaters. To the contrary, …
My kitchen faucet has been a sorry story since I moved into this little house a month and a half ago. Yeah, it was more than a drip-drip-drip, but not by much. It would take a full 60 seconds to dispense enough water to cook a pack of ramen. And if I ever want to …
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