Luke 18: 35-42
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Those who led the way rebuked him and told [...]
“The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my [...]
“Man does not eat on bread only, but on the Words of God…” - Matthew 4:4
There is a term in Khmer, “ot klien”, which is literally translated as “not hungry”. It took me a while to realize that this term actually means “starvation”. Ironic isn’t it? Why does this word which SHOULD mean “full” or [...]
One thing I will never get used to is being watched all the time. When we lived in Beng Trabek, our neighbors didn’t just look into our windows, they stared. When they were caught, they didn’t get embarrassed and look away. They didn’t even try to play it off by quickly glancing up at the [...]
Last week marked probably the last major trek as a family we will ever undertake in Cambodia… at least for a while. We packed four vans with our entire InnerCHANGE staff, both ex-pat and nationals, and drove for a total of 10 hours to Koh Kong, a remote island off of the southeast coast of [...]
Last week marked the end of a two month period of a constant influx of guests. We had friends from various places like Malaysia, Kuwait, Thailand, Romania and the States visit for one or two nights to two weeks. Although busy, it was a wonderful time. Not only did we use them as excuses to [...]
How far would you go to eat pizza?
Yesterday started out as a typical Sunday morning. We ate breakfast, brushed our teeth, then had family worship. We sat around expecting to do what we do every Sunday, nothing. While Danny and I were trying to entertain the kids, playing David and Goliath, I mentioned that I [...]
Click here to sample Khmer funeral music …
Someone living near us just died a few days ago. They must have been really important because the funeral music is still blaring after five days. Normally the music is set to amplifiers 24-7 for about three days; but the more rich and famous you are the more [...]
What some might think is merely benign curiosity can easily turn into a sick perversion. There is a lot of this unhealthy curiosity or rather, “Christian voyeurism” here in Cambodia. There are certain types of ministries that people find “sexy”. Ministries dealing with issues such as destitute poverty, human trafficking, prostitution, and AIDS are [...]
Several years ago at CCFC Pastor Soong-Chan became fed up with cell phones going off in the middle of service. One Sunday, when I was doing announcements, I received a call on my cell phone. To the congregation’s astonishment, I picked up my phone and instead of turning it off, I answered it. I [...]