Ms. Hardman,

My name is Channy En. I was one of your student back in the Philipines where I was a refugee. I am now 36 years old, married, and has a 13 year old son. I would love it if you can contact me so we can talk or possiblity meet one day. I missed you very much and I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all that you have done in the camp. There ws times where it hard but you made easy for me to block it out when I was in your class.

Hoping to heard from…

There is a confusion about justice in the church. Our use of the word has been flavored by our current language, our experiences, our perspectives and our culture. As a result of the world creeping into the church we have become blind to how we misrepresent God to the world with this word.…

There are many different clues/ warning signs that your life might be out of balance.  I feel like my life and ministry are in a pretty good balance, but one of them I see myself doing on a regular basis.  Spending excess time on easy or unproductive tasks.



When I get stressed or pressured with a seemingly endless task list I do exactly that, I do the “easy” things first.  I choose the things that only take a few minutes like checking email or making a quick phone…

Perhaps you have noticed, I have not posted for a week.  Since returning home from SYMC my life has been crazy.  I have been fulfilling a lot of different identities and "blogger" has not been one of them.  I have been living out part of my book (The Youth Ministry Paradigm) the past several days.  Since it is going to be out in a month or two, I want to give you a preview.  This excerpt is from chapter 4:…