Category Archives: Article

Buddhist Creed? (OMF Thailand Facebook)

Posted on November 12, 2024 by admin

One of the first things our supervisor instructed us to do as church planters in Central Thailand was to glue a card with the Apostles’ Creed into the cover of every hymnal. Every Sunday we would have our small congregation … Continue reading →

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Riding on the Edge: Safety and Prayer (OMF Thailand Facebook)

Posted on November 12, 2024 by admin

If you ride a motorcycle often, you get used to this question: “Have you ever had to ‘lay it down’”? Invariably the seasoned biker has had at least one occasion where he or she has had to jettison the bike … Continue reading →

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Floods and Crickets (OMF Thailand Facebook)

Posted on November 12, 2024 by admin

During the recent abnormally high floods that hit North Thailand last month there were many encouraging stories of local Thai churches helping out their neighbors. A Thai pastor revealed another side effect of the floods that I would not have … Continue reading →

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Preaching to Oral Audiences

Posted on September 10, 2024 by admin

Larry recently posted an article in OMF’s Mission Round Table Journal.  It is titled Preaching to Oral Audiences. You can read the article here.

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Storying Newsletter

Posted on September 26, 2023 by admin

J.O. Terry (IMB and now in 80s) puts out a Storying newsletter…he featured me in it!  Enjoy! Journal Storying No. 39 Sept 2023 Larry’s Story

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Anti-cheating hats

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Emmanuel

  A university professor in Thailand decided to reduce cheating in her class by requiring all students to wear “anti-cheating hats”, affectionately called “blinkers”. An engineering professor in the Philippines saw what Thailand had instigated and allowed her students to … Continue reading →

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Tribute to Two Great Monarchs

Posted on September 19, 2022 by admin

The world’s attention has been drawn to the passing of a Great Monarch: Queen Elizabeth.  However, her reign was just 88 more days than King Bumiphol of Thailand and so it seemed fitting to remember his reign as well. The … Continue reading →

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An A to Z of missionary life

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Emmanuel

In English we teach the ABCs as the foundation for instructing language to our children. The Hebrew version is “ABG’s” (Aleph, Bet, Gimel). The Jews used these first three letters of the Hebrew alphabet to help their children memorize Scripture. … Continue reading →

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Christ and Common Sense: Time or Intensity?

Posted on August 26, 2021 by admin

After a visit to the Grand Canyon with my son Tim’s family in July, I wrote an article for Tim’s weekly newspaper column:  Christ and Common Sense: Time or Intensity?  You can read it here.

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Wearing Masks in Thailand

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Emmanuel

Most all of us have been wearing masks for over a year and have heard lots of discussion on the relative benefits of mask-wearing as well as the differences in cloth, paper, N-95 and surgical masks.  My Thai church even … Continue reading →

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