by Brooks Buser | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog, Radius Report
When I was in my third year of church plant consulting overseas, I visited a missionary team on a remote island 80 miles offshore to help with their church planting kickoff. On our way to the island, the seas picked up and I found myself in one of the scariest...
by Brad Buser | Sep 6, 2019 | Radius Report
Much has been written in the past few years on the negative effect of North American funding of overseas Christian endeavors. I personally observed the slow unraveling of a Papua New Guinea (PNG) national training program due to North American monies channeling...
by Brooks Buser | Aug 6, 2019 | Blog, Radius Report
The topic of young men is much on my mind these days. In less than a month, my wife Nina and I will send our son off to university and the opportunities and perils that it brings. In anticipation of this milestone, we recently finished reading together the short and...
by Brooks Buser | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog, Radius Report
Throughout their 10 months of training, Radius students get to hear firsthand from a steady stream of visiting practitioners, including representatives from sending agencies and workers who serve in a variety of countries. This access to a breadth of input and...
by Brooks Buser | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog, Radius Report
This past week I had the privilege of being back among the Yembiyembi people in Papua New Guinea, where my wife and I served for thirteen years. It was a bit of a shock to return to the 107-degree temperatures (at 90% humidity), the rats nibbling on our...
by Brad Buser | May 3, 2019 | Blog, Radius Report
Paul Borthwick wrote[1]of being registered for a conference in New Delhi, India by a clerk who had her desk covered in pictures of Jesus. Upon asking her if she was a follower of Jesus, the title of this letter was her reply. Of course, to someone who understands...
