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The Pressure Cooker

Recently we moved from one apartment to another in our city. One of the teachers at my wife’s school brought by dinner one evening. It was a great treat and really helped out a lot in a time of need.  Her and her husband brought over homemade stew that was cooked in a pressure cooker. [...]

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Dependence

Today I am writing from Ukraine. This is my first time here. Though it is not extremely far from Southwest Germany it is a very different culture and way of life here. I arrived yesterday at about 2:30 pm after about a one hour wait in line at passport control. It was already getting dark. [...]

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London

This past week I was in London doing some prep work for our upcoming Jet Set tour to London and Paris with The Upstream Collective. It was a great trip for several reasons. One reason was that my son Parker and my wife Susan were able to go with me. Because my wife is a [...]

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Culture

I know I am in the middle of my “Church Learning a Foreign Language” series. I have my next post ready for Monday and it is full of some great links and ideas from a person who is a language coach for overseas workers here in Europe. Learning language is important. However, another aspect of [...]

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Larry visits Mars Hill

Yesterday we went into Athens to see the sites. We made it to Mar’s Hill. I will tell you about a really cool ministry connect we made there in my next post. The book of Acts comes alive here as you walk around the marketplace, the temple sites, Mar’s Hill. I am standing next to [...]

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Marsielle, France

Bonjour. I was able to spend a few days last week in Marsielle presenting a few sessions at a training event. I was also able to get a preview into the May 2009 Upstream Collective vision trip to that city. We will be touching down in two cities: Rome and Marsielle. Marsielle is an awesome [...]

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Chains

I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Colossians 4:18 Yesterday on our last day in Rome we visited St. Paul’s Cathedral. We are so glad we made this part of our journey. It was here where we saw what is said to be the “undisputed” chains [...]

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