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Protected: FPCB Social Justice Article
While driving a compounded vehicle to the police station under armed escort for participating in a “statement to the Cambodian government” about their disregard for human rights and social justice, my mind’s sensory response went into automatic pilot. I did not feel, nor worry about what wou...
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Agents of Change?
By Brian Maher Often, we as followers of Jesus we are encouraged to become agents of change or agents of transformation. Both terms are couched in the context of God’s Kingdom agenda which integrates word, deed, life and sign. All around the world there are pockets of faith collectives who ha...
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When Churches Get Short Term Mission Right
Judy learned a new term when she was in Cambodia; “Donor Driven.” This means that many projects on the mission field are often the idea of well meaning churches that come occasionally from overseas to do short term missions in a foreign country. Even though ideas for projects by foreigners a...
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A Cockfight
By UON Seila At dawn the eastern sky glows bright red from the sunrise. Birds sing, [caption id="attachment_100" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Photo by Wesley Tanaka"][/caption] and trees sway in the gentle summer breeze from the south. A long, dusty trail...
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Short and Long Term Mission Tips
By Brian Maher - missionary to Cambodia, have served 15 years in Cambodia. www.maherministry.org 1) Preparations (understanding Cambodian culture, dealing Cambodian nationals, basic language prep and greeting) One of the first things we need to ask ourselves is why are we going? What are our goa...
