Simply ChurchModern day fisherman on the Sea of Galilee While we were in Mongolia I had a dream. In the dream I was handing a small group of people a book. "It's about how to be a commercial fisherman," I told them. The only other thing I remember about the dream was telling them that the… Read More
From Mongolia, we travelled on to China and Hong Kong. We had wonderful fellowship in China with the couple who had hosted us in Mongolia–Jim and Masako Millard, who live in Japan. We were good tourists, visiting the Forbidden City and the Great Wall as well as driving by the Olympic Village. It is incredible… Read More
Wow! This is an amazing country. Where to start? The people here are fun, friendly, very intelligent. We have been welcomed so warmly by them. Other impressions: Population less than 3 million in a nation the size of California, so very uncrowded. Wild and beautiful landscape. Yaks and camels. Cold!! The country was under Russian… Read More
I love the way God sometimes answers prayers just to delight us. We had lost our camera (or maybe had it stolen) in France. Everywhere we have been since, we were sure we would find somewhere to pick up another one, but time did just now allow for it. Now we are in Beijing and… Read More
We are in Central India with some good friends and have spent much of the day listening to amazing stories of how God is working here. It is different from what He is doing in the US because most of the incredible growth is from new believers. Brand new disciples are telling their friends and… Read More
We are now in France and speaking at meetings in both Paris and Nice. The simple church movement here is in its infancy, but very much alive and well. With everyone we have met, there is a great sense of anticipation that God is on the move, and that He is about to do something… Read More
We leave on Friday for an extensive six week trip. (Please pray for us). The trip includes the following nations: The UK to visit with family and for my mother's 87th birthday. France for a series of meetings on simple churches. I love France, having spent many wonderful vacations camping there when I was… Read More
It's been a while since I blogged. The reason? I've been working against publishing deadlines on a new book Tony and I have been writing. Called "The Rabbit and the Elephant," it is an exploration of what is happening in simple churches in the West. It is being published by Tyndale House Publishers and is… Read More
Stop Press Announcement: The House2Harvest conference over Labor Day is nearly full! If you want to go to the conference, I recommend booking very soon. Speakers this year include Wolfgang Simson (author of Houses that Change the World), Paul Young, (author of runaway bestseller The Shack), Dennis Balcombe, (missionary statesman working into China), Frank Viola,… Read More
At first glance, this might seem a rather unusual book to choose on the topic of the Kingdom of God. Tony picked the book up in a store and bought it when he recognized a photo in it. The author,Frank Schaeffer, son of well known evangelical Francis Schaeffer who founded L'Abri, went to the same… Read More