Power From On High
[Japan; the late 1980s] After a year in Japan, I observed that nobody, including myself, was having much success with evangelism. I became convinced we needed Power From On High.
[Japan; the late 1980s] After a year in Japan, I observed that nobody, including myself, was having much success with evangelism. I became convinced we needed Power From On High.
[Adventures in Faith: Pakistan; 1992] At a hostel, I met a man named Peter from Uganda. He was a vibrant Christian believer who fasted continually on a very simple diet.
[Adventures in Faith: England; 1992] During the month of Ramadan, the four of us lived with our Muslim friend Zayan.
[Adventures in Faith: England; 1992] On the streets of Birmingham, we met some men preaching about Islam! They invited us to come to their house that night to join them for a meal.
I wrote this Haiku poem after ending a two-day fast.
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1991] We became friends with a Catholic woman named Tanaka. We esteemed her as a great hero of the faith.
Catherine of Siena is an outstanding figure of the medieval era. She was a mystic, author, stigmatist, saint, and Doctor of the Church.
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1991] After I witnessed a murder, we fled Kamagasaki. Immediately. We went to the safest place we knew. We tried to have a retreat.
Our heroes of the faith hungered and thirsted for the living God. How can you become more hungry for God? More thirsty for God?
Most of us think fasting is about food. But the prophet Isaiah calls for TRUE fasting. It is to undo injustice and oppression. It is to feed and clothe poor people.