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Crossing Cultures Making Disciples Memoir

No ordinary life

Pages torn out of old journals rest in my hands. Stapled together. Written by my father at 28 and 29. Newly arrived on the field overseas.

Entries penned in precise style. Possibly with the Parker ink pen I can picture in my mind. Dad’s writing instrument of choice for years.

He turns 90 this month. And this window into his thoughts over 60 years ago reveal the foundation of a life wholeheartedly committed to his Lord. 

No ordinary life.

Dad and me, back in the day.
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Borders

Borders of inheritance. Precise allotments. Land portions, surveyed and described in detail.

Joshua sent a handful of scouts ahead. Into the promised land.

And they mapped out places for the tribes.

Then cast lots to decide who got what. 

Borders of inheritance. Image by Eli Levit on Unsplash.
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Pharaoh

Hard-hearted Pharaoh. 

Plague after plague,

he refuses the request

or goes back on his word.

Then.

Misery yields his

sudden

confession of sin. [Exodus 10:16-17]

Pharaoh. Image by Jeremy Bezanger on Unsplash.