Missionary, Expat, Professional, or Tentmaker? Understanding the Differences
At a missions conference, a young business administrator mentions he's moving to Vietnam for work. Someone asks, out of genuine curiosity, whether he's going as a missionary. He hesitates, because it isn't quite that, but it isn't just an ordinary job either, and the question, which seems simple enough, catches him without a ready answer…
Tentmaking Is Not a Plan B for Missions
A young woman senses a call to serve God in a Central Asian country. She spends two years preparing, applies to a traditional missionary agency, goes through the whole application process, and fails to raise the financial support she needs. Months later, she finds a different path: a work visa as an English teacher, in the very country where she felt called…
What Is Tentmaking?
A Mexican engineer works for a multinational company in Dubai. A Canadian university lecturer teaches in a country where openly preaching the gospel could mean deportation. A Brazilian IT professional relocates to South East Asia, not as an "official" missionary, but as an employee hired by a local company. Three different stories, three different professions, but one thread running through all of them…
When Serving Costs You Time
Week 35
Serving God has a cost. We often think about that cost in terms of money, comfort or security. But there is another cost that can be particularly difficult for those of us who are used to working, producing and carrying responsibility: time…
Trusted With Little, Trusted With More
Week 34
What is “little” to you? And what is “much”?
The answer often depends on what we compare it with. A modest salary may seem like very little. A simple job may seem insignificant beside a prestigious career. A routine task may feel unimportant because no one notices it…
Faithful at Work, Whatever the Circumstances
Week 33
The story of Joseph in Egypt is well known for its grass-to-grace transition. The dreams, the palace, the power. This side of the story is inspiring, but there is more to it…
Called to This City, Not the One I Wanted
Week 32
Have you ever wondered what you’re doing in your current job, or why you accepted to work in a place like this?
For twenty years, I worked for a multinational insurance company. During that time, I served in different departments and experienced both good and difficult seasons…
Does God Care About the Work I'm Actually Good At?
Week 31
Few words have become as popular in recent years as purpose. Companies want employees who find meaning in their work, books promise to help people discover their calling, and many of us long for our jobs to be about more than simply paying the bills…
Open Hands, Open Heart: Surrendering Your Whole Life to God
Week 30
If someone asked you what belongs to God, you would probably answer, "Everything."
Yet if we are honest, there are parts of our lives that we still hold tightly…
Biblical Humility at Work: Choosing the Way of Christ
Week 29
Everybody wants to go up. Up the ladder, up in title, up in salary, up in how people see us. There is nothing wrong with wanting to grow. But many of us have quietly started measuring our whole life by how fast we are climbing compared to the next person…
Who's Really in Control? Surrendering the Need to Have All the Answers
Week 28
A few years ago, I lost both my parents within two years of each other. It was the kind of loss that shakes everything. Why now? Why like this? Where was God in it? I searched for answers and found that many of them were either not enough or not there at all…
When God's Plans Interrupt Yours: Learning to Surrender with Mary
Week 27
In 2016, during our holidays, my wife and I spent a month in a country that completely captured our hearts. That experience planted a dream in us. We decided we wanted to move abroad, seeking not only a better quality of life but also opportunities to live out our faith among people from different nations…
Begin Again
Week 26
The alarm goes off. Another day begins...
Something exciting is to come. A new beginning!
You jump out of bed and there is a fluttering in your stomach. A new opportunity, a new challenge, a step into something they have been hoping and praying for. Or...
Work as Mission: Lessons from Moses and Exodus 18
We live in a country with severe restrictions on the gospel. We have churches, but we cannot share our faith outside that environment. Even so, from time to time, opportunities arise. Some time ago, during one such opportunity, my wife was able to speak about Jesus…
The Noise We Call Normal
Week 23
Most of us check our phones before our feet touch the floor. It happens without thought—the habitual reach for the device, the immediate intake of messages, news, and notifications. Before the day has properly begun, we are already responding to it…
Seek First: Simplifying Priorities
Week 22
Here's a question worth considering this week: What is my day really centred around??
Not what I say my priorities are. Not what I would write on a list. But what my calendar, my energy, and my first thoughts in the morning actually reveal.
If I am honest, the answer is often not God.
Living Out the Word You Study
Week 16
Studying the Word of God is not just another form of learning. It is a spiritual discipline that shapes how we think, live, and relate with God. Yet, it is possible to spend time in Scripture and still miss its main purpose if it does not move us to action…
A Teachable Heart Shaped by God’s Word in Everyday Work
Week 15
A teachable heart does not grow by accident. It is formed with intention, and for the believer, it starts with studying God’s Word. Proverbs 18:15 reminds us that wisdom is something we go after. It does not come passively…
Growing in Faith Through Study: A Discipline for Spiritual Maturity
Week 14
When we look carefully at the teaching of Scripture, we realise that spiritual growth does not happen automatically. Time, by itself, does not produce maturity. It simply reveals whether there is genuine commitment to the truth God has already given.
The author of Hebrews offers a direct warning. People who should have progressed are still at an early stage…
From One Promise to All: Seeing God’s Plan This Easter
Week 13
When God spoke to Abraham saying, “Lift up your eyes… all the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever” (Genesis 13:14–15), it may seem like a personal blessing. But it was the beginning of something far greater. Through Abraham, God was unfolding a plan that would extend beyond one family, one nation, or one generation. That plan finds its fulfillment in Jesus, and Easter reveals the full picture…