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Dare to be different - Parenting - WORLD
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Ten reasons why parents should offer the gift of a smartphone-free childhood

40 Old-Fashioned Skills that Kids Need to Know TODAY!
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Our world has gone digital, but there are so many analog life skills that our kids still NEED! It’s no secret that life has changed in the past 25 years. When I was in high school, we didn’t have i...

Are Short Term Missions Worth It?
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Mark Crocker, Executive Director of STMleader.com, shares with us his insights on Short Term Missions, having trained tens of thousands of volunteers to head overseas and make a difference.

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Traps and Tendencies that Keep Us from Global Ministry
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

There are a thousand little evils in your enemy’s bag of tricks all custom-designed to keep you from doing what God has laid out for you to do. Here are just nine of them. Be on your guard.

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Five Security Tips for Mission Trip Planning
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

My experience in the security sector has given me a good appreciation for planning. Safety should always be a priority in your preparation process when traveling to places your group is not familia...

I’d Probably Still Cancel Your Short-Term Mission Trip
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Faulty assumptions often drive short-term missions.

Author:Darren  Carlson

Source: The Gospel Coalition

Spirituality In Mission: Embracing the Lifelong Journey
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Authors from eighteen countries give us their perspectives on biblical principles and cultural expressions of spirituality particularly as the church engages in God's mission. The anthology of text...

Tips on security and longer term engagement for short term mission trips
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Two experts respond to these questions on security and longer term engagement we received from a ministry leader in Brazil: I’d like to hear about good resources with advice about safety and securi...

Pastor ‘PECO:’ the ice storm's impact served as a parable of power
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

As PECO sent crews to repair the various disconnects of the power flow, so God gives pastors the responsibility to build, maintain, inspect and repair the power grid for the vitality and effectiven...

Should We Have Waited Until We Were Older?
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Gil and I met at 21 years old, married at 23, and were living in Tanzania by 24. We had been married all of nine months before we moved overseas. We had gotten to know each other as co-leaders of&n...

Perspective | Rethinking Stress
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

CSAperspective is a new innovative program founded by CernySmith LLC, an online stress assessment company established in 1992, that gives you a new Perspective on stress. We provide tools to rethin...

Intimate partner violence
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

This brochure utilizes psychological research to highlight the psychological consequences of intimate partner violence, the forms of psychological aggression, how to screen/recognize signs of viole...