02.06.2009 – Debriefing – 2 Comments on Why debrief? Why debrief? Why is a debrief required? For one thing, where you’ve gone through a challenging and stressful experience, it helps… Read Post
02.05.2009 – Eswatini / Swaziland – 6 Comments on One meal a day in Swaziland One meal a day in Swaziland If you’re a child in Swaziland, you’re doing well to get one meal a day. Eating is a privilege. You have to hike mil… Read Post
02.04.2009 – Prayer – 3 Comments on The power of prayer on mission trips The power of prayer on mission trips So far, I’ve shared on the importance of prayer on a mission trip and how to pray on a mission trip. Now, here are … Read Post
02.04.2009 – Prayer – 13 Comments on Your prayers for widows & orphans Your prayers for widows & orphans Back in the States! Just landed less than three hours ago (a side note – washed my hands next to Newt Gingrich in th… Read Post
02.03.2009 – Prayer – 2 Comments on How to pray on a mission trip How to pray on a mission trip Continued from yesterday’s blog “So, if the second Great Awakening is underway, how,” you may ask, “how do I join it… Read Post
02.03.2009 – Eswatini / Swaziland – 7 Comments on Wow! Swaziland trip report – crocs & crocs Wow! Swaziland trip report – crocs & crocs After enduring limited internet connectivity for the last ten days, I’m back on line at the Joburg airport while we w… Read Post
02.02.2009 – Short-term missions – No Comments on The importance of prayer on a mission trip The importance of prayer on a mission trip The most important thing you can do as a missions leader is to help your followers to develop an intimate relationshi… Read Post
02.01.2009 – 42nd Generation – 3 Comments on G-42 Spain training center G-42 Spain training center For years, Andrew Shearman has been dreaming about starting a leadership training center in Spain. This spring, the d… Read Post
01.31.2009 – Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking – 5 Comments on A story of modern-day slavery A story of modern-day slavery Here’s a shocking story about modern-day slavery. It’s uncomfortable to hear read or watch, but hey, this blog is abo… Read Post
01.30.2009 – Vulnerability and me – 5 Comments on How I became a Christian How I became a Christian I had grown up in a nominally Christian home, but I knew very little about Jesus. It took the trauma of my father go… Read Post
01.29.2009 – Missions – No Comments on Following a call to missions – free articles Following a call to missions – free articles Considering a call to the mission field? Experiential learning is probably the best way to figure out if you are call… Read Post
01.28.2009 – Amazing God Stories – 3 Comments on God rescued me when my car was on fire God rescued me when my car was on fire I first got to know Jess by email in Sept. ’07. She wrote an email that I posted as a blog about being tire… Read Post
01.27.2009 – Missions – 7 Comments on This is Africa: Think African This is Africa: Think African I’m over here in Africa, trying to “think African.” Believe me, it doesn’t come naturally. World Racer Ia… Read Post
01.26.2009 – Missions – 13 Comments on TIA: This is Africa TIA: This is Africa We’re in Africa today. We’re debriefing our World Race team in Nelspruit, South Africa. We’ve missed our team and ar… Read Post
01.25.2009 – Discipling – 2 Comments on Do you have an off switch? Do you have an off switch? World Racer Ian Schumann is in Uganda this month. Here, he has some good insight into the contrast between American c… Read Post
01.25.2009 – The Holy Spirit is on the move – 4 Comments on Safe arrival in South Africa Safe arrival in South Africa The flight to South Africa was great. If you were one who prayed for us – thank you! Both Karen and I were able to … Read Post
01.24.2009 – World Race – 2 Comments on Adopt a team of missionaries Adopt a team of missionaries Today we’re in the air to South Africa where we’ll be leading our World Race team through a debrief (in Nelspruit). T… Read Post
01.23.2009 – A broken world – 130 Comments on Why do we have to go thru pain? Why do we have to go thru pain? Today as you read this, Karen and I are en route to Africa – the land of great joy and great pain. Just outside … Read Post
01.22.2009 – Dreaming – 10 Comments on How I started AIM How I started AIM I started AIM begrudgingly almost, having just experienced a messy departure from another ministry. God and I were b… Read Post
01.21.2009 – Leadership – 8 Comments on Leading others with excellence Leading others with excellence “They will follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity to see what dumb thing he’ll do next.” Are you a leader? W… Read Post
01.20.2009 – Community and Covenant – 14 Comments on Don’t be unequally yoked Don’t be unequally yoked What is the Bible is talking about when it says, “Don’t be unequally yoked”? It conjures up the image of a big cow a… Read Post
01.19.2009 – Community and Covenant – 7 Comments on Cross-cultural marriage can work Cross-cultural marriage can work Dennis Brock went with AIM as a white missionary from Buffalo, NY, to Swaziland in 2004. His job of finding ways to b… Read Post
01.18.2009 – 42nd Generation – 2 Comments on Shearman: What is our dream? Shearman: What is our dream? Andrew and I have these conversations all the time. We love to dream. He’s got the words and I build things – togeth… Read Post
01.17.2009 – Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking – 5 Comments on My daughter, the streetwalker My daughter, the streetwalker In the past I’ve written about my suite mate from college, Jim Larson. I love his incarnational ministry. He doesn’t … Read Post
