You may have seen the family movie and you might know of the Miami football team, but have you heard of her Majesty's frigate? HMS Dolphin was a twenty four gun ship that first served in the Seven Years War against the French (1756-63) and then, as a survey ship, was the first vessel to circumnavigate the world twice. The Dolphin explored the Pacific to expand the British Empire and to find new routes to the East Indies. Her captain, John 'Mad Jack' Byron, was th...

The challenge has always been to translate Sunday into Monday. After the Sunday sermon is preached in the church sanctuary, will it make any difference in Starbucks? Paul Richardson, son of famed 'Peace Child' author Don Richardson, recently asked this question of us. His challenge was clear: the next time you find yourself sipping on a latte, take a redemptive risk; strike up a conversation with a stranger; and be willing to let God lead you to share his love. ...

Walking the short distance from the Graha Niaga building in central Jakarta to Grand Lucky supermarket, a trio of Indonesian teenagers approached me, one of whom was wearing a shirt inscribed with the slogan, 'A Life Well Wasted'. I often see Indonesians wearing clothes emblazoned with English words which, in many cases, they cannot pronounce nor understand. A Life - Well - Wasted? Can any life be wasted - well? The question seems nonsensical, even juvenile...

St. Augustine wrote, "The world is a book and those who don't travel read only one page." Touring the Biblical lands has been a blessing. We've seen a lot and we've leaned much! Now it is time to travel home. Crossing the River Jordan for one final time we exited Israel to drive the 90 kilometres through the Jordan Valley and wind our way up the mountains of Moab to Amman. The higher we ascended the vista of fruitful Israel behind us and the stony Bedouin Arab...

Today we sailed across and then drove around the Sea of Galilee, the region Jesus established as his ministry headquarters next to the strategic Via Maris (Way by the Sea) 'superhighway' that connected Egypt and Mesopotamia. Our skipper Daniel is a Messianic Jew and a gifted singer. Stopping in the middle of the lake we meditated on Mark 6:45-56, the text that describes the disciples struggling and straining at the oars in the darkness for six hours as Je...