Support Status Update

July 31st, 2008 1 Comment

Praise the Lord!  We are able to continue our ministry here in the Philippines! :)   At the beginning of July we sent out a letter regarding our urgent financial status and we want to thank each of you who responded by praying, giving and encouraging us over the past month. …

Accidents or Incidents?

May 4th, 2008 4 Comments

Hey everyone! For some of you this may be the first message you are getting from us in quite some time. I have finally had time to fix the subscriptions on our website so we can stay in better touch with you all.

I want to let you know at the …

Jesus Loves You

April 28th, 2008 8 Comments

Every week we have several children who stop by our house asking for food, water or plastic to recycle. In an effort to learn their names and pray for them more often, I decided to take a photo of each one and write down their names and ages. I am …

Click each picture and you can see their name and age. Leave a comment for which one you are praying. Post your prayer here. Post the words and vision that God places on your heart for them.

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Our Kingdom Bank Account

April 26th, 2008 1 Comment

I have the privilege of being in Singapore for the next few days investigating the topic of stewardship and giving. We have a small group of missionaries from around the world gathering to participate in a few seminars and to share in some brainstorming and discussion on the process of …

My Upcoming Postition Change at WMC

April 19th, 2008 4 Comments

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These are exciting and busy days for our ministry at World Mission Communications Asia-Pacific (WMC). We recently produced and submitted a film “Kamatis” to the 168 Hour Film Festival, held this past weekend in Los Angeles. …

Calling All Digital Missionaries

March 25th, 2008 1 Comment

A friend forwarded me a video made by a professor named Dr. Michael Wesch who teaches at Kansas State University who is studying digital ethnography. He is watching how humanity and technology meet on the web.

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In case you have not noticed—the web …

In case you have not noticed—the web is changing things. This video shows how much the internet is even changing on itself, even short 12 years that the web has been in broad use.

Where does that leave us?

Many (myself included) have begun to strategize on how online ministry might take place. How can we connect with this HUGE audience. I think I am realizing I am missing the point. The key here is that we don’t need to think about how to connect with the audience but that WE need to BE the audience. I like the point in the video where it highlights that each of the 100 billion times a day internet users post, update, categorize, tag, comment, or participate with content on the web WE are teaching the machine. We are defining the values and priorities we hold to be dear and true.

The bottom line is that we need to be there. We need to live among the digital natives in order to minister there. By doing so God will help us redefine the long list of values seen at the end of the video according to His inspiration through us in order to be more and more relevant.

The day of the digital missionary is on us … in some ways we have already missed it! We need to be “sent out” to the digital mission field. We need to spread this vision to our your and young adults….especially our young adults.

God is moving!

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Where Consumers Consume

December 18th, 2007 4 Comments

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Watch The Video

This is another video that speaks to the same message as the Shift Happens video. The reality is that the media we live by has changed. We are no longer a broadcast culture. People are …

Shift Happens

December 18th, 2007 3 Comments

Watch The Shift Video

Ever since attending the Internet Ministry Conference last September, God has been inspiring me—challenging me—on how I will be responsible for using the new media (online/mobile media) that is all around us for His kingdom. This …

Soldout Anniversary

October 28th, 2007 No Comments

Melissa and I have been a part of a young professional outreach ministry at our church over the last year called Soldout. An unfortunate trend for young people in the Philippines is to drop out of church …

Pape’s Angels

October 26th, 2007 No Comments

As many of you know I have been teaching a class for Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary. As part of their Masters of Christian Communication degree the school chose to add a class covering basic design and print production. I have had the challenge and privilege to help …