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Happiness is hearing
I can’t speak for everyone but my experience is that hearing someone speak my language when I’m surrounded by folks speaking other languages quickly grabs my attention. So I can understand the broad smiles that come when folks hear recordings of Scripture stories for the first time in their own language. Especially when their language is a minority language not … Continue reading
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Was the battery really dead?
I drive an older pickup truck, 179,000 miles (264,463 kilometers) but running well most days. On the way today to attend a city-wide meeting about Streetlight Tucson (www.streetlighttucson.com) and efforts to eradicate human trafficking in our city, my truck stalled in the middle of a busy street. The battery wouldn’t re-start the engine. CLICK CLICK CLICK ……not a VOOM VOOM VOOM to … Continue reading
Technology changing things
Technology is changing how people around the world hear, read and consider the Good News! For more than 4 Billion people in the world who are oral learners, the Bible is being recorded in many languages and distributed using various technologies to play the recordings. Oral learners are people who haven’t learned to read AND people who have learned to … Continue reading
Servant Leadership
There’s a lot written these days about servant leadership. Many opinions of what this means. For me, servant leadership requires knowing when to lead with passion and when to serve with just as much passion. My observation is that some “servant leaders” are quick to lead with passion and strength…. but when it’s their time to serve or follow, they … Continue reading
Challenges of translation
Two funny stories illustrate the challenges of translation when speaking to a crowd that doesn’t share your mother tongue. It’s stories like these that reinforce the great need for the accurate mother-tongue tellings of Scripture and social development information that T4 Global mother-tongue translation teams are working to develop. When translations are recorded and CHECKED the result is accurate communication … Continue reading
The power of small
This morning I’m reminded of the power of small. It’s been cold at night in Tucson and recently the furnace began some new noises. I decided to investigate before calling my friend who fixes furnaces. This morning I disconnected the flue to look down into the blower cage where the noise was coming from – that’s where the small blower … Continue reading
Hearts in rhythm?
Listening to free internet radio Christmas morning here in Tucson while the house is still quiet I’ve heard a public service health ad about the importance of our physical hearts being in rhythm a couple of times now. I learned our hearts can beat out of rhythm and we might not realize that’s what’s slowing us down — keeping us … Continue reading
Modern parable?
Many T4 Global content developers around the world see the three “lost” parables Jesus told in Luke chapter 15 – lost sheep, lost coin and lost son – as key Scripture passages to translate so they can tell them in their own language as stories, songs, dramas and proverbs. Today I’m wondering if American “sports” culture has a modern parable … Continue reading
The challenge of translation
It’s not an easy task — communicating the Gospel accurately in languages where Bible translations aren’t available for church planters. Continue reading
Learning from an oral learner
We all start life as oral learners. When we’re in Tucson I’m fortunate to have our 5-year-old grandson, Julian, at the house a lot. He’s always helping me better understand oral learners. This week he was watching the Bee Movie when I walked into the room. “How big is the head of a pin?” Julian asked. “Very small.” “So a … Continue reading