Category: Senderis

NOTE: My friend Hefer, from Puebla mexico, had an experience that looked a lot like something I wrote about here. He sent me this account, which shows that truth is stranger than blogging (thank you, Hefer!). I was on the...

Here's an interesting project highlighted as Lausanne. I asked if there was a draft proposal, but apparently there is no specific code being discussed yet. (Bonn, 26.10.2010) Christianity wants to show that it totally rejects...

I'm happy to say that we raised $335.00 for Lima pastor's lunches, mostly through Facebook and email contacts. Thank you for your support! Our next Senderis project is a little more intense: We need the funds to get to Peru,...

This February will be my fourth year going back to Lima, Peru to put on conferences. At these events I and other speakers talk to local pastors about how to interpret the Bible, how to do pastoral counselling, the principles of...

Roxana is a 13 year old girl living in Antigua, Guatemala. She lives in a very poor neighborhood and has no prospects for advancement. But Roxana wanted to go to cooking school and through a fortuitous set of circumstances she...

We've all seen the food court video of the Hallelujah Chorus, but I encourage you to watch it one more time on Christmas day. This time watch it was a metaphor. Here are people going about their daily commercialized,...

I just got off a Skype call to Brayan, Senderis rep in Bolivia, and he told me about some developments there which are starting to make me nervous. For over a year there has been a law in place that all churches must have a...

Lima is a city surrounded by hills which in many cases house the poorest of the poor. These are people who have come from the provinces, sometimes to escape violence related to the Shinning Path, a Marxist group in that country....

I'm in Bolivia at the moment and local pastors are talking a lot about two recent laws put in place by the socialist government of Evo Morales: All churches must have a social program. This must be material, not just offering...

Here's a good one: Randolph Mercelita, who just joined the Senderis team, did a presentation at his church in Texas. Then he brought me in via Skype to say a few words about the ministry. I couldn't resist taking a screenshot (it...