Letter from the Mission Field (Dec 27, 2015)
Merry Christmas to everyoneand God's blessing to you during this holy season, I celebrated this Christmas in the Church of the Annunciation in the campo. Again I brought presents for the children. It was beautiful...
A Christmas Meditation See how she loves him.
When I was living in Copan Ruinas, I met a retired Canadian in his seventies, who was travelling throughout Central America to avoid the northern winters. We used to sit at the coffee shop overlooking the central square watching the...
Offering a helping hand: A suprise gift from Paloma
This year we had a suprise gift from Paloma Lee, 12 years old, from Hamilton-Wenham, Massachusetts. She sent the Ministry of Presence a donation for $200.00, money raised herself in a yardsale.That money went to help Erica Lopez, 15 years...
What’s the difference?
Years ago, while still working for IBM, someone told me I was not "evangelical enough." Startled, I vigorously defended my efforts to share the good news. Later I realized this person actually meant I was not enough of an Evangelical. As a cradle...
Newsletter, December 2015
I have been meditating on a prayer in a book of Puritan Prayers and Devotions, [1]and thought I might use it as a framework for this newsletter. As we have come to the end of our first semester and, indeed, nearly the end of 2015, my mood is more contemplative and...