About Brian
I am a follower of Jesus, blessed with a wife, two children, and a call to serve God wherever He leads. For 12 years, we were missionaries, with me serving as a missionary journalist sharing stories of His work in South Africa and around the world. When we moved back to the USA, Tracy and the kids returned to normal work, and I continued serving remotely in missions. I am now returning to working outside missions, but ministry will always be part of our family's lives in Christ.
Part of our training to be a missionary has involved reading. A lot of reading. We have a stack of books about 19 inches tall or so, plus online classes.
African Friends and Money Matters is a collection of 90 observations about cultural differences in practice and perspective between Africans and Westerners regarding social responsibility and the use of money and other resources.
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In a few hours, the kids and I will get Tracy from the airport. There will be wide smiles, joyful shrieks, and tearful hugs. There will be wholeness and warmth and catharsis.
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Categories: Prayers, Updates, & Answers, Stories, News, & Features
| Tags: absence, Cape Town, catharsis, God, heartache, joy, South Africa, travel, Zambia |
I was reading coverage of Baltimore’s riots last night when I realized that “America” probably looks pretty scary in other countries’ news.
Maybe even as scary as “Africa” often seems to people over here.
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Categories: Stories, News, & Features
| Tags: Africa, America, Baltimore, Boko Haram, compassion, Ebola, fear, Ferguson, God, Prayer, understanding, violence |
It’s impossible to see everything God is doing in and through us as individuals and as groups, but it’s also hard just to remember the things we can see.
With our church’s annual meeting happening just around the corner, pastor Craig Cooper asked me a few weeks ago if I could put together a video highlighting some of the ways God is changing lives through our church, Crosswinds Wesleyan in Canandaigua, NY.
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The Heffron Family 