World Mission Souvenirs

At Christmas-time many families display a treasured Nativity creche, perhaps one handed down from earlier generations. The tableau is a representation of the scene at… Read More »A Savior Has Been Born to You

In northern India, on the road between Delhi and Agra (home of the Taj Mahal), we stopped at a large Hindu temple. A sign on… Read More »Hindu Evangelism?

My five-panel iconostasis is a miniature representation of much larger versions found in Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. The iconostasis is a wall or a portable screen… Read More »Something Better – Here and Now

What, exactly, did Martin Luther look like? We’re not sure. He died on February 18, 1546 in the town of Eisleben. The next day the… Read More »Martin Luther’s Legacy

Buddhist temples are scattered throughout the forests in the mountainous Korean Peninsula. Their traditional rooflines dip in the center and then rise at the outer… Read More »The Message of Our Ringing Bell

A friend in the Czech Republic gave me an oval plate, which he called a kitchen blessing. That’s where it is displayed in our home.… Read More »Kitchen Blessing

I crossed paths with two men and their bicycles in Rajahmundry, India. One was at the banana market that operates every morning near the Godavari… Read More »Banana Bicycles

Souvenir: from the French for ‘remember.’ Most South American cities are centered around the Plaza de Armas, a square block open courtyard surrounded usually by… Read More »Why So Many Caskets Right Here?

The rooster on the church steeple is one of the most common symbols in Latvia. Often found on the weather vanes atop Protestant churches there,… Read More »A Pretty Neat Trick

Souvenir: from the French for ‘remember.’ From a street vendor in Hyderabad, India, I purchased a 3-inch block of wood with an intricate pattern carved… Read More »Tattoo Anyone?