New episode

June 27, 2010

Selections from my new book about living and lasting in Africa. Four years and going strong!

All That You Can’t Leave Behind podcast!

Thinking about a future in missions?

May 21, 2010

What is it like being a missionary in the 21st century? Check out my first book All That You Can’t Leave Behind for a glimpse into modern missions. It’s not what you’d expect!

Buy All That You Can’t Leave Behind: A Rookie Missionary’s Life in Africa on Amazon

Visit the book’s website (download podcast samples for free)

A sequel (of sorts) is coming in Spring 2010. Winter Spring Summer Fall: Living and Lasting in Missions by Ryan J. Murphy.

A new definition for inconveniences

May 18, 2010

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly understood. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly understood. G.K. Chesterton

Since missionaries go through more transitions than the general population, I thought this business management classic might have something to offer me. The next few weeks will have some golden quotes I found inside “Managing Transitions” by William Bridges.

Resource for future missionaries

May 14, 2010

What is it like being a missionary in the 21st century? Check out my first book All That You Can’t Leave Behind for a glimpse into modern missions. It’s not what you’d expect!

Buy All That You Can’t Leave Behind: A Rookie Missionary’s Life in Africa on Amazon

Visit the book’s website (download podcast samples for free)

A sequel (of sorts) is coming in Spring 2010. Winter Spring Summer Fall: Living and Lasting in Missions by Ryan J. Murphy.

For my nephew’s birthday

May 11, 2010

James turned two today. Here’s a quote about age. It might be a bit over his head.

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It’s more often in a succession of jerks. Jean Rhys, British novelist

Since missionaries go through more transitions than the general population, I thought this business management classic might have something to offer me. The next few weeks will have some golden quotes I found inside “Managing Transitions” by William Bridges.

The gift of chaos

May 8, 2010

I have a great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift. Septima Poinsette Clark, American Civil Rights Activist

Since missionaries go through more transitions than the general population, I thought this business management classic might have something to offer me. The next few weeks will have some golden quotes I found inside “Managing Transitions” by William Bridges.

The power of a good example

May 5, 2010

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it’s the only thing. Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher

Since missionaries go through more transitions than the general population, I thought this business management classic might have something to offer me. The next few weeks will have some golden quotes I found inside “Managing Transitions” by William Bridges.

Living on purpose

May 3, 2010

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Washington Irving, American writer

Since missionaries go through more transitions than the general population, I thought this business management classic might have something to offer me. The next few weeks will have some golden quotes I found inside “Managing Transitions” by William Bridges.

It’s not easy to start over

May 1, 2010

Beginnings are always messy. John Galsworthy, British novelist

Since missionaries go through more transitions than the general population, I thought this business management classic might have something to offer me. The next few weeks will have some golden quotes I found inside “Managing Transitions” by William Bridges.

Planning a missions trip soon?

April 26, 2010

What is it like being a missionary in the 21st century? Check out my first book All That You Can’t Leave Behind for a glimpse into modern missions. It’s not what you’d expect!

Buy All That You Can’t Leave Behind: A Rookie Missionary’s Life in Africa on Amazon

Visit the book’s website (download podcast samples for free)

A sequel (of sorts) is coming in Spring 2010. Winter Spring Summer Fall: Living and Lasting in Missions by Ryan J. Murphy.


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