The sign of Jonah
I have recently spent a week or so in the Book of Jonah. There is high adventure in this book: a missionary calling disastrously deferred; a crashing storm at sea; a whale of a fish who intervenes when all seems … (read more)
Building the Kingdom
I have recently become familiar with a little book by Nick Earle, titled provocatively “What’s Wrong with the Church?” (Penguin Books, 1961). Nick is an Anglican; he is thinking of the Church of England – and the church of the … (read more)
The Ends of the Earth
In the past few months we have revisited our fundamental identity as an organization. We are the World Mission Prayer League. A committed community — this makes us a “league.” With a “working method” — we pray. Commissioned to gospel … (read more)
Giving Opportunities
There are a couple of giving opportunities available through the Prayer League, which can be a benefit to both you and WMPL without changing the amount of your contribution. I have mentioned both of them before, but I think it … (read more)
A Mission to the World
Two months ago we considered our “league-ness.” Last month we examined our commitment to prayer. This month we will have a look at the mission that commands us into the world. We are the World Mission Prayer League – a … (read more)
A Community at Prayer
Last month, we described our “league-ness.” This month let us remind ourselves: the World Mission Prayer League is a community at prayer. I write to you from the backbone of the Andes, the high altiplano of Bolivia. I have been … (read more)
Being Content with What God Provides
by Elycia Broden,Accountant “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, andI know what it is to have plenty. … (read more)
Remembering our “League-ness”
I have been reading a wonderful book in recent days by Alan Hirsch, a converted Australian Jew. He calls it “The Forgotten Ways” (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2006). We have been forgetting things though the years, Hirsch contends. Ways … (read more)
Change in Missionary Allowance
Last month our Home Council approved a modest increase in our monthly missionary allowances. I thought it would be a good idea to make you, our partners, aware of the increase in this months article. But first let me say … (read more)
Transposition
I have been thinking a little lately about transposition — the process, that is, by which musicians ratchet a tune up (or down) the musical scale, from one key to another. It is a wonder to behold. I have seen … (read more)