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February 26, 2025

Today Anchored in Eternity

news, reflections

The work of reconciliation, the melting hearts of stone, the righting wrong relationships and priorities is God’s alone. This month has repeatedly beaten me with news of the world’s brokenness. It began with a measles outbreak in our community. Babies too young to yet be…

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December 29, 2024

Let Us Walk in the Light

reflections

A persistent easterly wind bends the trees. A fire crackles and pops. Smoke curls dot the horizon. Poinsettia are blooming a brilliant red. Does it sound like Christmas? Before you’re misled into visualizing hallmark renditions of the holidays, let me say that the wind is…

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The rains have finally arrived, still furtive in their frequency, but increasingly bold. Everyone is looking to their fields, clearing, plowing, planting.  Last month there was a raid in the hills behind Tokora, a trading center 7km east. A man and his shepherd boy were

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April 14, 2025   |  by Chloe

Tractors and Tarmac

Today Anchored in Eternity
February 26, 2025   |  by Chloe

Today Anchored in Eternity

Let Us Walk in the Light
December 29, 2024   |  by Chloe

Let Us Walk in the Light

The imminent end of our six-month furlough triggers critical hindsight. Did we achieve everything we wanted to achieve? See everyone we wanted to see? Buy everything we need to bring back? Inevitably the answers are mixed. Nonetheless, I think we can declare this a successful

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October 22, 2024   |  by Chloe

Furlough Hindsight

In case you missed one of our sold-out arena-sized missionary presentations, we’ve made the heart of it available here. Take a look and be encouraged.

September 26, 2024   |  by Christopher

In Their Own Words

In Their Own Words

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Up at the top of the list of parts of the Bible that seem generally pretty useless except as fodder for cross-referencers—along with the passage that parses whether one can eat a catfish, and the list of Esau’s descendants—are the personal remarks at the end

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September 8, 2024   |  by Christopher

The Blessing of the Tychicites

For me to live is Christ, to die is gain. Let me say it again, to live is CHRIST, to die is GAIN.  As I received news of the death of four friends in Uganda while we have been away and another of a friend’s

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August 6, 2024   |  by Chloe

To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain

Among the more strange aspects of missionary life is furlough. Not infrequently am I asked what the purpose of furlough is, and I struggle to give an answer. For most people, employment is year-round, broken by perhaps a few weeks here and there of vacation.

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July 8, 2024   |  by Christopher

What is a Furlough?

Remember me, O my God, for good. Nehemiah 13:31b The cycle of sin and salvation has been turning, turning since that first forbidden fruit. Humans bask in God’s presence, then forget its sweetness and, in our desire to make ourselves God, get what we deserve.

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April 5, 2024   |  by Chloe

Remember Me For Good

Pastor Julius Mukwana was installed as the organizing pastor of Nakaale Presbyterian Church under the RCEA on March 3, 2024! Stating it so simply grossly understates the gravity of the event. The OPC’s work in Karamoja began in 2000 with renovating housing for missionaries to

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March 10, 2024   |  by Chloe

Signs of Growth

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its

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January 24, 2024   |  by Chloe

Though We Hear Gunshots

A Long Story of God’s Faithfulness
January 13, 2024   |  by Christopher

A Long Story of God’s Faithfulness

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The Way We Do

In Their Own Words

In case you missed one of our sold-out arena-sized missionary presentations, we’ve made the heart of it available here. Take a look and be…

In Their Own Words

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Remember Me For Good

Remember me, O my God, for good. Nehemiah 13:31b The cycle of sin and salvation has been turning, turning since that first forbidden fruit.…

Though We Hear Gunshots

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the…

On Being a Missionary

On Being a Missionary – Chapter 8

A Palace, or a Mud Hut? We come to what is perhaps one of the discussions that Chloe and I are most apt to…

On Being a Missionary—Chapter 7

Kings, Cooks, Beggars, Saints Our last chapter was a bit theoretical on the inevitability of culture shock and how to overcome it. This chapter…

On Being a Missionary – Chapter 6

Culture Shock It’s the biggest catch-phrase of moving between continents. When Chloe and I first arrived back in San Diego, it was the first…

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