Just got word from a local crisis pregnancy center that yesterday’s May snow storm stopped a girl from going to her scheduled abortion. Instead, she came into the clinic. She thought she was just a few weeks along in her pregnancy, but at the clinic learned that she was r

This is a spoof, but pretty close to reality!

Took a spin through the first few chapters of Revelation today. Often we focus on each church’s commendations and rebukes, but today I noticed a repeated pattern in all seven letters… I know your… this pattern reveals what Jesus notices in churches. Take a look: In E

Today we commissioned four staff families and others to move to Cedar Falls to start a church in the fall. Here is more information, introduction of staff, and key dates. Below is the map of our current churches in our church planting network and plans. Blue pins are existing churches

peoplemovin: migration flows across the world On the site, you can select any country to see which countries people emigrate from or immigrate to. Immigration to the USA is below, the lines are linked to the countries where the people come from. This may give you some ideas for your c

  One of the stresses of travel is packing. The hard part isn’t packing the bags, it is creating the list of things to pack so that you don’t forget anything. This handy tool allows you to enter the details of your trip, press a button, and out comes a detailed to do

Click on the map or here go to interactive map with information for each country at Freedomhouse.org Muslim-majority societies formed 12 of the 20 ‘unfree’ ones surveyed, and of the seven territories receiving the lowest possible score, four were Muslim.   See the full report 

I have some friends that just returned from teaching English abroad. They didn’t raise financial support from their friends, they used the time to make enough money to pay off their student loans! Teaching English is a great way to test your aptitude for overseas living, improve

  Click on map to zoom in to your location. See any surprises here? As you zoom in you see that transportation routes largely determine where people live.  

In my context, see also Informed Choices of Iowa For more on Foster and Adoption check out: Iowa Kids Net or visit or a new blog called FosteringThought started by Tim McCollough. For the lasted on: Adoption credit made permanent in ‘cliff’ bill  

  Click on the map to get interactive population of every country  

Few people understand that tipping is a highly cultural practice. For some reason even the best cross cultural travelers impose the tipping practices of their home culture on other cultures. For example, I have a friend who was a former server in a restaurant in the US and planning on

Go to the map here. Also consider: From Muhammed to Burj Khalifa: A Crash Course in 2,000 Years of Middle East History by Michael Rank This book was written by a friend of mine that I met while living in Turkey. See description here.

  Information for the class in Ames, IA below, to sign up or find a class in your area here.

I enjoyed this. It is a quick two minute call to action for Christians. My comments: Don’t want to quibble of the video’s hating on the American Dream, I suppose it is accurate if you take the most negative spin. If the American Dream is to think only of yourself and your