Posts by Paul Borthwick
Get Out of Your Bubble
When I taught at Gordon College, the students would complain at times about “the Gordon bubble.” When I first heard the term, I asked what they meant. They explained that living 30 miles north of Boston in a beautiful but sometimes isolated setting, with people who were all supposedly Christian, left them feeling like they…
Read MorePain is Part of the Plan
Dave Ripper and I are very excited about the upcoming Inter Varsity Press release of Fellowship of the Suffering: How Hardship Shapes Us for Ministry and Mission. To give you an idea of the kind of things we discuss in the book, this blog features the powerful and challenging testimony of Dr. Evans Burns, missionary…
Read More10 Ways for Avoiding “Shriveled Soul Syndrome”
10 Ways for Avoiding “Shriveled Soul Syndrome” When a younger man, I heard someone say that life is the accumulation of one’s choices. Now I believe it. I see in myself good things and bad that is the result of repeated choices over the days, weeks, months, and years of my life. I am indeed…
Read MoreHow to Live as a Global Citizen Without Leaving the Country
As followers of Jesus Christ, we know that we’re supposed to be interested in the world beyond ourselves. But the world is vast (well over 7 billion souls), and the needs are immense. How can we stay current with the world we live in and God’s work in it? How about a global prayer plan? …
Read MoreMake Me A Footnote
More than a half dozen years ago, a friend called me with some exciting news. He wanted me to know that I was cited in a book listed on the New York Times best-seller list! I pretended to act suave and unaffected, but after his call, I immediately went looking for the book at the…
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