Trivia Tete is only 432 feet above sea level despite being 250 miles from the sea. Even though Mueda is lower than Nampula its climate is much cooler. The two cushiest assignments in Mozambique are Chimoio and Lichinga. Our [...]

They can’t help it. It’s in their vowels. According to work done by numerous researchers it has been shown that saying certain vowels can increase your facial temperature and worsen your mood. The happiest vowel is [i] as in “cheese!” and the unhappiest vowel is [ɯ], the close back unrounded vowel favored [...]

For my New Testament class this year I’ve decided to try developing a core of study materials for my students using Open Source online resources. Our current curriculum is based on some pretty thin course materials including translations of study guides and illegal photocopies of books. Intro and outline For [...]

     Imagine. There’s a heaven.      When. We all get to heaven.      I can’t. Wait to get to heaven.      Soon. And very soon.      We are going [...]

There’s something just plain right about walking out of the house early in the morning feeling all groggy and waking up with a bica dupla at a sidewalk cafe. You can just sit there without feeling it necessary to do anything spiritual like read your Bible (something that I always try to do [...]

A warning to all you who are considering starting your own self-hosted blog. It’s a lot of work. All that stuff that Blogger or WordPress does for you in the background is suddenly your job. The reason folks like myself do it is that we want more control, our own domain, our [...]

Sister Encarnación: Well, my favorite color is light tan. My favorite animal is puppies. I like serving the Lord. Hiking, play volleyball…
Nacho: You gotta be kidding me. Everything you just said, is MY favorite thing to do, every day!

From the movie Nacho Libre
I nodded off last night watching The Star of Bethlehem, a DVD proving [...]

Forget about it, brother.
You want trophies?
Join a bowling league.

All those past smashes
Are stale bread on today’s plate.

Forget about it, sister.
You screwed up?
Join our club.

Yesterday’s flub ups
Shouldn’t drag down your today.

Move ahead. Get over it.
You were a star.
Now you’re not.

In the reborn galaxy of your future
JC is the center of the universe.

Move ahead. Take a break.
You [...]

How appropriate that the taxi driver was jamming to Dire Straits while driving me through Nampula. This footage is ascending the FPLM road toward the SIL center. I could make up a whole songlist for lonely guys like me on the road: I’m a long long way from [...]

Editor’s note: 148 is possibly the worst joke of all time. I list it here strictly for historical purposes.

A guy walks into a bar with a newt on his shoulder. “What do you call that?”, asks the bartender. “I call him Tiny, because he’s my newt!”
A magician walks down an alley and turns into a [...]