Archive for July 2001
Drum Beats for Wholehearted Disciples
[In her book, Ascent to the Tribes, veteran missionary Isobel Kuhn describes five “drumbeats” that symbolize essential principles for spiritual growth and fruitful ministry. Although this article was initially addressed to missionaries, every believer is so commissioned (Matt. 28:18-20).] “Living in such unhandy primitive quarters, don’t your earthen vessels ever jar each other?” “What about…
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The Exchanged Life A Letter from J. Hudson Taylor to his sister, Amelia. CHlNKlANG, October 17th, 1869 MY own dear Sister – So many thanks for your long dear letter … I do not think you have written me such a letter since we have been in China. I know it is with you as…
Read MoreResolving Interpersonal Conflicts, Part 2
The Hatfield-McCoy Feud is a part of American folklore that has come to symbolize a long-standing cycle of conflict. This feud was a decades-long, violent conflict between two extended Appalachian families in the late 19th century. An episode of this sad story from 1882 involved Johnse Hatfield and Rosanna McCoy attempting to elope. Ellison Hatfield…
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Our family once visited Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This town marks the location of a devastating battle in the American Civil War. During July 1-3, 1863, the Confederate armies fought the Union armies resulting in at least 5,787 dead, 27,334 injured, and 10,612 missing or captured. [1] The various monuments to the military regiments involved in the…
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