I have always enjoyed this time of year when a natural change is underway as we begin the transition from one year to the next. The holidays are soon approaching; Thanksgiving this month, Christmas coming up in the next, leading to the start of a brand New Year! Sounds familiar right? All of these annual […]

We are thankful this year for the time and opportunity to go to South Bend to celebrate Thanksgiving with my dear mother, who is 91 and amazing, and the other members of my family who are in the midwest. We are grateful for the health and well being of all our family members who are […]

Pastor Mun Thang pastors a Spirit filled Baptist church, and leads the Emmanuel Theological Seminary (ETS) Kalaymyo, Myanmar. His vision for training and sending others is relentless! As academic advisors to the School we are working on plans to launch a new series of courses for the 2022-2023 calendar year for all upcoming Batchelor degree […]

“And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.” Luke 10:2 ASV 1989 was a very turbulent year for this lovely planet. ‘People Power’ revolutions erupted all over the world. The Iron Curtain […]

We had the joy of having Josiah and his girlfriend, Alyssa, come into town for a long weekend, which included among other things, an Ecker family wedding, with ALL the cuzzies. A first for many years and the joy was palpable between them all. They are like siblings to Josiah and there were many happy […]

Earlier on in my Christian journey I discovered a series of prayers written by the Apostle Paul in the New Testament narrative. As the author of many of the epistles [Ephesians, Philippines, Colossians etc.] Paul includes a prayer theme for each of those churches or groups of churches that he was writing to. To be […]