I’ve quoted author Harold Myra’s perspectives many times. This is from his devotional writings in The Pilgrim’s Progress.* There’s a scene where Interpreter showed Christian a fire burning against a w...  Read More

Each month I read the ministry updates and the gratitude you express to your supporters. I think often about the not-too small army of real people whose employment and income allow them to contribute ...  Read More

First, thank you for praying for my wife Linda during her chemotherapy sessions. We’re grateful to our God for her progress, for answering the prayers of His people. At this time it appears the cancer...  Read More

I caught myself thinking about the Creator of all there is. Then it hit me. He is the Creator of: us. Not one to abandon the pride of his work, this supreme Artist puts us on display for his own perfe...  Read More

I think a lot about servant leaders. In this culture of gaining more, it isn’t a valued quality even among believers. The term was coined in 1970 by Robert Greenleaf.I’ve read your updates over the ye...  Read More

Hi Mission Dispatch friends—I’ve mentioned the One Year Book of Encouragement by Harold Myra. What a treasure. The devotional for November 29 spoke to me in this way…The hope we have in our King is ge...  Read More

Good morning, Mission Dispatch friends,A few years ago I heard a group of ministers refer to the believer’s life as following the breadcrumbs—from the Hansel and Gretel tale. That’s a weakened image o...  Read More

Good morning, Mission Dispatch friends—I picture the image of keeping ourselves under the protection of God’s wing.Let me say it simply, and I trust with discretion. We professional Christian workers ...  Read More

Dear Mission Dispatch friends,Nearly 100 years ago humorist Will Rogers put it this way, “Always live your life as if you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.” Much truth ...  Read More

Dear Mission Dispatch friends— I admit at times I wonder about words we use to describe relationship with the eternal God. Friendship seems presumptuous. After all, he is God.But one of my favorite ve...  Read More

A day great it is, MD friends—It’s so very good to talk to God whenever, however, wherever.Here’s something I didn’t think I’d write about…A while ago a colleague criticized anyone for taking their qu...  Read More

Good morning, MD friends—Such profound steps we take when we walk with the King. Yes, we can take great, even monumental, steps without acknowledging him—history shows that most people do.But the rewa...  Read More