Mission Trip Rules – Trusting in the Dark
Todays guest post is by Lisa Beiderwieden. Lisa is the Manager of Missionary Care for the Evangelical Free Church of Canada. As a mission...
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Mark Crocker
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The Cold, Hard Science why Student Missions Trips are the Key to Faith
There is plenty of tension about what this generation is leaving faith in droves. Many suggest solutions on making things easier for kids...
Mark Crocker
- 3 min
Africa is a Country II: people got angry, you’ll never guess why!
Last week I started up a war. I wrote a controversial post about the country of Africa and said that due to bad press because of the...
Mark Crocker
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The Country of Africa: 10 Astounding Facts (#6 will break your brain!)
The country of Africa is receiving a lot of bad press during this time of CRISIS OUTBREAK of EBOLA (the deadliest disease in recorded...
Mark Crocker
- 4 min
The second worst way to think about the poor.
When I think about the poor I am reminded of the time I was in the middle of a boring class and unfortunately I was the teacher. It’s a...
Mark Crocker
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Do not be the change you want to see
Have you ever tried to corral a group of friends and come up with a plan. What do we want for lunch? What movie do you want to see?...
Mark Crocker
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Short Term Mission Safety – When Militants Want to Kill You
My brother was working in Pakistan in an area where terrorist attacks have become commonplace. He was there to aid the local people...
Mark Crocker
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A Simple Trick to Learn a New Language Fast!
I was talking with a volunteer and our talk began to literally revolve around talk. We wondered how some people seem to learn a new...
Mark Crocker
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Should Anyone Care For the Poor?
We were on our way to care for the poor. We were up a mountain. Our truck had made the nearly vertical track upwards in low gear We blew...
Mark Crocker
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5 Secret Skills to Becoming a Travel Virtuoso
What is the difference between a tourist and a traveller? A traveller has learned how to take the stress of travel and make it work for...
Mark Crocker
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The Fatal Flaw to Understanding Culture
A few years ago I was in India and I met a travel writer for Outdoor magazine. We chatted about life, travel, writing. I was a little...
Mark Crocker
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How Different Cultures Understand Time
We left our guesthouse just after 7 am because our host had told us that the high mountain road was under construction. There was only...
Mark Crocker
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How language almost starved a 12 year old boy.
When I was a kid I went overnight camping with a group of other boys. We got into normal shenanigans. Lit fires. Chopped down trees. Got...
Mark Crocker
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The 11 people you meet in the boarding lounge.
Sitting in the boarding lounge before a trip to Haiti. We are on travel time. Not real time. A portal to elsewhere. Flight crew saunters...
Mark Crocker
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How to Learn a New Language Quickly and Easily.(3 secret rules)
I once sat with a guy in Guatemala. For over 30 minutes we talked about our lives, our families, where we came from and where we were...
Mark Crocker
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The Mission of the Kingdom – Part III
Renewal. The mission of the church is not always the mission of the kingdom. Whenever the Mission of the church is reduced into caring...
Mark Crocker
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The Mission of God – Part II
The mission of God seems to change. Does the mission change or do we understand it in new ways? Here is the second part of three. Part 1...
Mark Crocker
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The Mission of God’s Kingdom – Part I
What are the changing ideas of the mission of God’s Kingdom. Where did we begin, where are we presently and where are we going? This is...
Mark Crocker
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Short Term Missions Training and Good Intentions
Is it optional to train for a marathon? A personal choice whether or not to go to school before you try surgery? Is ‘on-the-job’ training...
Mark Crocker
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Why STM has failed and why it still matters
It is a fairly popular trend where churches produce Short Term Missions (STM) teams to work around the world. This experiment made...
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