The Goal has always been for people to undestand God's word. 

Today on the Pod, we have an incredibly insightful convesation about what it's like growing us on the field as an MK. Then the second half of the Pod, my guest explains what it's like translating the Bible into a new langauge! 

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Timeline 

• 00:00 Intro 
• 01:00 Being the son of missionaries 
• 05:56 The pressures on a MK 
• 10:44 Getting drawn into cross-cultural work 
• 23:07 Rhythms of Spiritual health 
• 27:53 Beginning the process of bible translation 
• 33:50 Translating for Oral cultures 

God is calling MBBs to stay and we need to be staying beside them. 

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Timeline 

• 00:00 Intro 
• 01:00 Getting involved in missions 
• 07:30 Learning language 
• 10:30 Figuring out kids education 
• 15:05 Changes over the years 
• 18:07 Suffering for Christ 
• 21:07 Coming back to the field as a single 
• 24:10 MBBs and money 
• 31:18 Protecting yourself from cynicism
• 33:56 Processing the death of a spouse
• 38:45 Moving back to the field at 70

My supervisor came out to me and said, “Hey, you’re not doing well.” The exact wording was, “You’re dying on the vine.”

Today on the Pod, I have a fascinating convesation with a business entrepreneur, mother, wife, and missionary. We talk about everything from contextualzation to sleep hygiene. You are going to love it! 

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Timeline 

• 00:00 Intro 
• 01:00 Faith. Marriage. Missions  
• 06:45 Going local in Asia 
• 12:20 Dealing contention in marriage 
• 14:07 Advice to self: Enjoy your family 
• 18:48 Doing business in the Arab World 
• 26:40 The comparison trap
• 34:04 Thinking about holistic health on the field 
• 41:43 Stress Mangement 
• 47:53 Recreation 

Steward your partners well! Keep those newsletters coming—quarterly minimum.

 On today's pod, we spend the first half talking about having healthy boundaries in ministry, and in the second half, we talk about how to boost your support.   

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Click here to know more about the book Personal Support Matters 

Timeline 

• 00:00 Intro 
• 01:00 What does music have to do with missions? 
• 5:30 The value of the ship's ministry 
• 10:07 Boundaries in missions
• 16:14 Transitioning to the home office  
• 20:20 Ministry Partner Development 
• 38:07 Staying close to the Father 

I was praying in the mosque and everyone thought I was a Muslim 

Today on the podcast, my guest shares with us how he got fully involved in the Insider Movement, how he got out of it, and what he thinks about it now. It’s a fascinating story of discovering how one can be contextualized, without becoming Islamic. 

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Timeline 

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:00 Keith Green and the unreached
• 07:50 The logic of the Insider Movement
• 14:11 Going fully into the Insider Movement
• 18:06 Contextualizing without compromising
• 21:45 What it’s like to live under the law
• 28:10 What it was like for his wife
• 35:10 The tension of not sharing the same calling 
• 41:30 My wife said, “I’m done. I’m out.”
•  47:28 Advice for struggling workers

"God doesn’t waste things. It definitely felt like a lot of things were being thrown away back then."

Today on the podcast we talk about the powerful of dreaming about what could be in your life and ministry, the massive importance of having a robust theology of suffering, being spiritually aware of what's going on around, the challenges of transition, and much more. 

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Timeline 

• 00:00 Intro 
• 01:00 The Special Role of Coaching 
• 04:44 Who Needs Coaching? 
• 07:54 What Makes A Good Coaching Session? 
• 10:48 A Theology of Suffering 
• 20:44 Spiritual Warfare 
• 29:24 The Dangers of Neglecting Spiritual Warfare
• 33:36 Learning to Ministry in a New Land 
• 40:05 Transitioning off the Field 
• 53:03 Advice for People in Transition

Christ said, “If you first seek the kingdom, I will provide whatever you need.” And we thought, yes, that is the real help.”

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Timeline 

• 00:00 Intro 
• 01:00 Finding Jesus on the Field 
• 06:30 Cross-cultural Marriages 
• 11:33 Raising Third-Culture Kids 
• 18:10 Transitioning off the field 
• 22:22 Resigning leadership 
• 25:11 Should I be bi-vocational?
• 28:43 Member Care 
• 36:45 Staying close to the Father 

"Relationships and trust are essential for every level of mission work."

Today on the Pod, my guest shares with us his experiences of pastoring church and missionaries over the past 40 years. He brings passion, care, and clarity to topics every missionary will eventually encounter.

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Timeline 

• 00:00 Intro 
• O1:00 Meeting my first missionary 
• 05:27 Leaving pastoring to become a missionary 
• 09:52 Church mobilization 
• 13:56 Resourcing churches
• 21:33 Communicating with your church back home 
• 27:27 COVID changed everything  
• 30:12 Trends in sending 
• 36:16 Doing People Care 
• 44:43 Keeping Close to the Father

"I had no idea I could use my professional skills in ministry."

Today on the Pod, my guest helps me understand what being a marketplace worker is and how we should maybe think about our vocations in a totally different way to reach the world with the Gospel.     

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Timeline 

• 00:00 Intro 
• 01:00 From Accounting to Missions 
• 09:33 Leaving the field after 15 years 
• 11:11 Why quit your job? 
• 15:00 Misunderstanding marketplace workers 
• 24:35 Working for the glory of God 
• 37:44 Missionaries having fun 
• 45:05 Staying spiritually healthy 
• 53:34 Changing your mind