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Blog Entries for: December, 2007

Trip of Paradoxes

The Lord doesn't ask us to be super men and women. On the contrary, in the Bible he often uses the humble, meek, and those of little influence in society as conduits of His work.

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December 17, 2007 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
The Birthday Gift of India

Today, 2 very important things happen. First, I can officially run for the office of U.S. President. Second, I get to visit the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew my license. This is the closest thing to purgatory that a Protestant like myself will ever experience...

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December 17, 2007 | 1 Comment | View or add comments
The Journey

Each one of us has embarked upon a journey whether we realize it or not. God places the road map in our minds, the directions and rules are written upon our hearts and He decides the appointed time to go. The time had come for my daughter Hillary to return to India and I also decided to come along.

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December 12, 2007 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
Thoreau on a Train

One of my simple pleasures in Mumbai is to pore over the morning newspapers. I do this to pursue India. I think--maybe vainly, that if I can read the text behind the text then I can better understand what my eyes see. I hope that by reading of the hopes, desires, and disasters in the daily newsprint it will help me see past my own cultural blind spot of pre-conceived notions.

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December 7, 2007 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
First Haiti Experience

A lifetime of travel has brought me to thousands of places in some 52 countries. Ouanaminthe, Haiti is the most desperate I have ever laid eyes on...

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December 5, 2007 | 3 Comments | View or add comments
Christmas Greeting From Dr. M.A.

Dr. MA ThomasThe children of the Hopegivers family from India, Haiti and Malawi wish you a merry, joyful and prosperous Christmas and New Year. We praise God for the Christmas. On Christmas Day we celebrate the eternal son of God who could have been richer than all the rich people in the world, but instead became the poorest man in the world on our behalf.

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December 5, 2007 | 4 Comments | View or add comments
Haitian Holiday

This was a very special trip for me, because I was traveling with legendary folk singer, little league coach, movie writer, putt-putt golf course designer and optometrist extraordinaire, Dr. Benji Brumberg aka Horrell McGann. This would be our first trip to Haiti together, and the thought of uniting two Brumberg's on the same trip promised great adventure, excitement and the possibility of a major international incident.

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December 3, 2007 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
Do I Impress or Do I Inspire?

When I am preparing to preach, when I am looking for good stories to use in a message, when I am deciding which illustrations I will use to make a point, when I am sharing a meal with friends in a ministry setting, what is my agenda? Do I drop names to IMPRESS the people around me? The truth is, I want to mature beyond the point of impressing people...

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December 3, 2007 | 0 Comments | View or add comments

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