I wish I could do more…
I heard myself say it in response to a terrible crisis. I had told them I would pray and then I followed it with “I wish I could do more.”
A Missiology of Social Distancing: Ministry Innovation in the Midst of Biosecurity Events
The extent to which biosecurity events like this current COVID-19 pandemic affect the world, including mission, are yet to be determined. But big changes to ministry are (probably) coming and things may never be the same again. It may leave a lasting impact on various contexts for generations to come.
Navigating a Region That Is Navigating the Coronavirus
As concern over the coronavirus has grown in our adopted country, my husband and I decided to keep our previously-scheduled plans to celebrate our wedding anniversary in a nearby country where our daughter, son-in-law, and 9 month-old grandchild live.…
God Calls Families Into His Mission Fields
Greetings from Madrid! In case you don’t know me, I’m David, son of Duane and Sharon Miller. I just wanted to share with everybody some of the things we’ve been doing this past year to bring the Word of God to Spain!
Faith Forged in Fire (My Experience in The Agape Year)
For those of you who don’t know, Agape Year is a new gap year program for recently graduated high schoolers. The program is located in Pittsburgh, and is an Anglican Global Mission Partners’ Initiative.
Inner-Healing Testimony - New Wineskins 2013
It was at the end of an evening plenary session at New Wineskins Global Mission Conference in 2013 that a healing and peace came over me that was totally unexpected.
The Door is Open, The Time is Now
“Jesus never raised a sword against anyone!” If that statement sounds unremarkable to you, consider how it might strike a Muslim fleeing war in his native land.
Bread Stories from Kenya and Uganda
When my husband Aaron was a fourth year medical student, we got to spend six weeks in a historic hospital called Kijabe. It is north of Nairobi and staying there was our first time in Africa, where we dreamed of living one day.
Visiting the Batwa Pygmies in Uganda
I just returned from an incredible trip with this team sharing Christ and giving goats to the Batwa pygmies in Uganda.
A Revolutionary Idea
In 2007, my wife, Carol, and I joined another couple from Christ Church Anglican, Savannah to attend the New Wineskins Conference. The Lord used the first two talks by Bishop Derek Eaton and Bishop Rennis Ponniah, which by “accident” both focused on the call of Abraham in Geneses 12:1, to confirm a call to Carol and me to sell our business and get ready to do full time mission work.
And I Tell You, You Are Peter, and on this Rock I will Build my Church
After spending a couple of weeks in Thailand this January, I had the opportunity to stopover in Laos for a few days on my back to Pittsburgh.
From Mission Minded to Missionary
As Christians, we are all called to be mission-minded, seeing ourselves as everyday missionaries wherever we happen to live and at whatever life stage we happen to be.
Urbana 2018: Faithful Witness
This was my third Urbana, but my first Urbana where I wasn’t a student anymore, now I was an exhibitor.
Every Parish a Missional Parish
It was the fall of 1994 and a church plant group in the western suburbs of Fairfax County, Virginia, was excited to finally be calling its first official rector.
The First Christian Refugees: A Christmas Story
With the birth of the Son of God came the birth of persecution for His name. And 2,000 years later, there are more Christian refugees who are suffering for Christ than ever before.…
Forming a Family in India
Five years ago in a country far away, God began a work in my life and in the life of our church family that can only be described as life-changing.
Serving Jesus in the Arctic
I had the chance to catch up with my friend and seminary colleague Rebecca Osborn. She and her husband, Jared, are priests serving the Lord in Iqaluit, Canada.
Does Praying for Missionaries Make a Difference?
How do you pray for mission work when you don’t have very many details? Or, you don’t know the places where our partner missioners are working? Or, you can’t pronounce their names? Or, you don’t understand their context? Or…or…or…
Making Room at Your Table for International Students
Jesus taught his followers that welcoming strangers is the equivalent to welcoming him.
Better Together: Reaching out to Refugees in Pittsburgh
I was put in touch with Aisha, a Muslim woman from Syria, through a friend working in Jordan. I visited Aisha when she first arrived in Pittsburgh to offer assistance with living in a new country and to simply be a friendly face.