Articles published in the monthly Together in Prayer newsletter.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Every year, it seems, some of our missionaries transition from life and ministry overseas to life back in the United States. This is not an easy adjustment. Missionaries experience culture shock all over again, must leave behind friends, look for … (read more)
This month, now at midsummer, let’s get going. There is very much work to do! Sometimes, of course, we should be slowing down. We must measure our pace along the road to Jericho, for example – as the Good Samaritan … (read more)
This month, at the beginning of the summer, let’s slow down. As for myself, I have developed through the years a fast-paced ritual to begin the day. I am up and coffeed early in the morning. I pause, on most … (read more)
For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain, and, The laborer deserves his wages (1 Timothy 5:18). The Bible teaches us that gospel servants deserve their wages. In the World Mission Prayer … (read more)
Thank goodness for the Ascension! Our Lord made his departure, I think, in the very nick of time. The disciples, you see, were on the verge of (another) colossal blunder. They were experienced in colossal blunders, actually. What made matters … (read more)