YWAM eTouch

Dear YWAM Family, In this last edition of eTouch I would like to share a...

February 2019 “Hello again to our faithful readers of eTouch . . . Please forgive...

November 2018 A note to our precious family . . . Due to several health...

September 2018 Embracing Today’s Culture “. . . I told you not to associate with...

August 2018 The Scandinavian Scandal Not many years ago, on a missions base in a...

July 2018 A Visiting Storyteller For July What follows is funny and profound. You will...

June 2018 Dad’s Day It’s easy for a man (or a boy) to become a...

May 2018    The Bitter-Sweet Ministry of Saint Margaret Saint Margaret was my Mother, though I...

April  2018    Happiness, Contentment & Joy These conditions are a rare threesome, and we all...

March 2018     Family Day What a wonderful idea! To recognize the importance of God’s plan...

February 2018 The Life of Faith   Most believers seem to think that what is...

January 2018 Double-Dipping Double-dipping is generally considered to be unethical—if not outright illegal. It can...

Christmas 2017 The Christmas Paradox I’ll never forget that Christmas. During the lecture phase of...

November 2017 Some Reflections on The Ministry of Women  Some simple thoughts from a fairly...

October 2017 Once Was a Stripper Finding Your Place In my early search for significance,...

 September 2017  What’s Your ‘Use-By’ Date . . . and other reasons not to do...

  August 2017   Shack’nTrump The times, they are a-changin’ Bob Dylan This is neither a...

July 2017 ‘Struth Today, this is a little-used word—it’s short for ‘God’s Truth.’ Sadly it...

 June 2017  Humble Barney Part 2: Edged Out? The rest of the story follows, but...

 April/May 2017   Humble Barney A True Story in 2 Parts From our survey of admirable,...

March 2017 How Not To Interpret Dreams A song from Disney’s Cinderella goes, “A dream...

February 2017 Father-like He Tends and Spares Us . . . It happened again. ....

January 2017 Are You Living by Faith—or by Fate? Some people live by fate; their...

December 2016      Born in a Barn If someone insults you by asking, “Were you born in a...

November 2016   Armed & Dangerous Right outside our window flows a river, about 100 yards...

October 2016 Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Fearfully? Really? The meaning of the word ‘fearfully’ in...

September 2016 For 40 years God has taken care of all our family’s daily material...

August 2016 Wide, Wide as the Ocean . . . Wide, wide as the ocean,...

June–July 2016  A Mighty Man Lies Weakened (physically, that is . . .  )  In...

May 2016 More Of What The Bible Doesn’t Tell Us . . .  Part 2 ...

April 2016  Double Call–Outs  At a very young age, I was ‘called’ to be a...

March 2016 Excellence Crucified  Back a few years ago, there was a television commercial by...

February 2016 What The Bible Does Not Tell Us . . . (and some questions...

January 2016 Those Dark Days This is midwinter for us Northern Hemispherites (or are we...

December 2015 refugee someone who has been forced to leave a country because of war...

October~November 2015   Getting & Giving Paul said to the Ephesian church leaders, ”. . ....

Out of Order This edition of eTouch is unique, personal and quite unlike anything we’ve...

July 2015       The Family that Eats Together . . . A Lost Art? Growing up,...

June 2015 Today, as we go about life, we notice that generally speaking, conscience and...

May 2015 This Month The Sheep Are Sleeping And so am I . . ....

April 2015 Reality? . . . Shows? TV and various other digitalizers (that’s my word...

Donna and I are blessed with three fine sons-in-law. I say they’re ‘fine’ because among...

Got Wisdom? My Mother, who becomes more saintly in my memory each day, taught me...

Donna’s Corner Dear Friends, As we begin this new year according to our calendar, I...

A mini-eTouch for you this Christmas . . . Donna’s Corner Getting Ready To Turn...

This month, Donna comes first! Donna’s Corner Dear Family, “Whoever welcomes one of these little...

Freudian Slips and Other Things I Missed in Psych 101  Do You Know Your Own...

Ed’s Excellent Vacation The sheep have been dipped and clipped and are now lying down...

So, you’re walking along a busy city sidewalk on your way to lunch. Suddenly, an...

What Do You Think About Evolution?   Relax! Calm down, have a cup of tea!...

Cigareets & Whuskey . . .                                   and other prohibitions A...

Selfies Selfies are all the rage today. By definition, a selfie is a self-portrait photograph,...

You may find this month’s Sheep2Sheep a bit weighty and out of character to what...

Frugal or Cheap? That is the question . . . * Careful or Stingy? *...

February is a short month, and Ed has been a little short of time due...

Sitting In The Mall, Watching All The Peeps Go By . . . I love...

Grace  “What’ll we do with them? There’s no room at the inn!” sighed Darlene Cunningham,...

Which Would You Prefer?               ‘Happy’ or ‘Joyful’? The bumper sticker on the car ahead...

‘Mama Dar’ (Darlene Cunningham’s Mom), the oldest-ever full time YWAMer, is now enjoying her heavenly...

Ugly is as Ugly does (Actually that’s a tweaking of Forrest Gump’s life verse which...

GREAT FALLS! No, this month is not about the great and magnificent Niagara Falls; nor...

Grace and Peace . . .  that’s the way Paul began each of his letters...

Many Happy Returns – from Mars!” Sadly, that?s a misleading and deceptive greeting—in actual fact...

If you live on the top side of of the Blue Planet, our hopeful greeting...

Early Easter Greetings! Rejoice during this time of loss and victory; sadness and joy; death...

Hello Friends, It’s good to be back with you in this short month of February....

Welcome to the 25th year of continued contact with our great big, wonderful and worldwide...

Christmas in China It was my worst Christmas. Our missionary family had been invited to...

Happy Holidays America! (We’re trying to stay ahead of the times and be Politically Correct...

Hi & Welcome! This month we have something old, something new, something borrowed . ....

“G’Day Digger! Owergoin’mateorrite?” “Grouse Mate! I’m off to a Refresh. “So what’s a Refresh?” If...

First this month, an Apology: Humor Can Hurt Two months ago we ran a photo...

“Happy Holidays!” to those who are enjoying summer in the northern slice of our planet...

“Mucho Gusto!” One of the Spanish meanings of this greeting is, “With much pleasure!” And...

“Comment ça va?” How goes it? In French, to which we hope you can reply,...

“Waramutse!” or “Waramutse ho!” Our greeting this month comes from Rwanda, and the one for...

“”Wotcher! Awright?” is a greeting you might receive from someone born within the sound of...

“Bonjour, comment ça va?” roughly translated meaning,   “G’day mate, how’re ya goin’?” which of course...

“PIE-vah!” or “Hello!” from the home of Angry Birds, mobile phones, wintry-dips-in-icy-lakes . . ....

Donna & I & bring Christmas Greetings from Polynesian Islands we have had the privilege...

Halo Mafren! is our warm Solomon Islands ‘pijin’ greeting to you this month. What a...

“Ciao!”—and for good measure—“Buon Giorno!” the greeting you’d receive in Italy. Ahhh Italy, such a...

“Have you eaten?” is often the “Hi-how-are-you?” greeting in Singapore, and your polite answer would...

“Cka po bë?” is how you say , “What’s up?”  in Kosova (at three years old...

“Sup bro” (or sis) – is our South African hello this month, to which you...

“Ow de body?” is Sierra Leone’s greeting this month, and to which your reply could...

Kuhreestos harryav ee merrelotz! “Christ is risen from the dead” ~ an Armenian Easter Greeting to...

“Sawaddee!” is once again our greeting, this time from Myanmar (formerly Burma), and the actual...

(Pozdravi) – or Tung, Serbian and Albanian greetings . . . both being languages of...

“Sawadee” is the gracious greeting from Thailand that we extend to you. So, here comes...

“Glória a Deus nas alturas!” Sort of, “Wow God!” (Actually, it means “Glory to God...

Oi gente! Tudo bom?”That’s Portuguese for, “Hey guys, how’s it going?” eTouch is written mainly...