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I am heading to Japan in a few days. I am quite excited about this trip. In fact it is the first international trip for me in a year outside my time in Canada last Fall. I normally wait til the day before to pack but for some reason I decided to start putting things [...]

  At Upstream we are often asked by churches to help them think through how they can be more globally involved. With a large number of churches moving into urban centers, a common concern we hear is that there are glaring needs in their community. They want to know how they can invest even more [...]

I admit I love going out to eat and try different types of food. This past week I was in Dallas speaking at a training conference called SENT Lab. We intentionally ate international cuisine as part of the training. One day for lunch we ate at a Moroccan restaurant. Another day we at a Thai [...]

One good thing about coming back is not having to worry about getting caught in a  language moment. Well at least not from my native state of Tennessee. If you have ever lived overseas and you are trying to learn a new language then you know what I mean. going to the bank going to [...]

Just finished up a trip to the west coast. I bought Metaxs’ biography of Bonhoeffer before I left. I have enjoyed getting a good start on the 608 page book. It definitely put extra pounds on my baggage limits and I bought the paperback edition. Unfortunately it may take until Christmas to finish it. He [...]

Everything seems so much larger here in the states. HOUSES, CARS, CLOSETS, SIZE OF SERVINGS AT RESTAURANTS, ETC.. I must admit in some cases it does not always take a long time to readjust. In fact some of these make it quite easy. Here are a few. The size of parking spaces seem so much [...]

I started jotting down a few things that just come to my mind that seem a little like re-entry issues for me. Why do I get overwhelmed when I go to Krogers or Ingles or Target? Choices abound everywhere in the land of plenty. How many different types of yogurt does one need? Is it [...]