This is the first video to be posted on Engaging The Adventure. It was four produced for Pentecost 2020 by the Diocese of Singapore with additional versions in Chinese, Tamil, and Thai (likely also in Bahasa Indonesia, Khmer, and Nepali). That Diocese includes the seven countries o...
One of my favorite images of prayer is Jacob wrestling with God on the bank of the river. We are now in a time when such wrestling is called for! Genesis 32:24 says that, "Jacob was left alone and a man wrestled with him until the break of the day." The man wrestled Jacob...
Do you remember seeing maps like this one from January 29, 2020? At that time, most of the world was focused on China--even as the SARS-CoV-2 had already spread to Thailand, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and 15 other countries. As we fast approach the end of May, four months lat...
When we begin to think about what might come next with the Covid-19 pandemic, it is helpful to remember Paul’s words in Ephesians 2:10: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (ESV)
God has a purpose for all of ...
Covid-19, or SARS-cov-2, was declared an international pandemic one month ago on March 11, 2020. How much longer will it last? And how do we make sense of it in the span of our lives?
To answer those questions, we need to consider what it will take to end just the epidemiological pandemic, and fro...
What is flexibility? Sometimes flexibility is identified as being able to adapt, adjust, and roll with the punches. That’s all true. Sometimes flexibility is even more than that; it is the ability to embrace ambiguity amidst conflicting signals.
For example, I am sitting right now on a beach and n...
As of today, the Wuhan virus has outpaced the SARS virus of 2003. Let’s try to put it in some perspective both hopeful and fearful.
Thus far in the 2019-2020 flu season, 8200 people have died and 140,000 people have been hospitalized in the United States alone. As of today, 6000 people have cont...
A library of books always signals an opportunity to learn--but learning is much more than books, and indeed, much more than studying those books! Can your eye see in the photograph my travels, my friendships, and my experiences? There is evidence of connections to Jamaica, China, Korea, ...
Isaiah's response to God is powerful: Here I am Lord, send me! Unless, the emphasis is on "me"--Here I am, I can do it, I have what it takes, yes, send me! In verse 5, Isaiah is confronted with his sin and his unworthiness. This is no invitation to beat yourself up-...
Most followers of Jesus, Christians, spend most of their waking hours engaged in business--either working for one, running their own, and/or shopping at a business! Now, let me ask, how often do you hear a sermon, a teaching, or even a podcast on the holiness of work? Or the righteousnes...