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Our good friends Titus and Stephanie, working with street kids in Guayaquil , are living through some CRAZY and FRUSTRATING experiences in Ecuador. (And to think I can get upset when someone steals my parking spot). I'd encourage you to check out their blog here (http://tsfolden.blogspot.com/) I'd...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 07-21-2008
Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Found this over at the HarborChurch blog by Matt Dirk (the fact that I'm linking to a soundbite-ish quote probably just goes to prove his point) : Nicholas Carr writes this in The Atlantic: I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading. Immersing myself in...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 06-11-2008
Killing Healthy Babies

Over the last two weeks in our church in St Jérôme, one family gave birth to twins while another lost triplets. Other families are pregnant as I write this post. Problems in pregnancy are on the minds of many in our congregation. Our daughter, Constance (who is now one-and-a-half: ( photo at right taken...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 05-28-2008
Quebec's #1 Religion

Montreal finished #1 in the east. The playoffs are on. The madness has begun. In Quebec, when Montreal has a good team, even round 1 of the NHL playoffs is crazier and more popular than the Superbowl in the U.S. In 1998 I witnessed firsthand France's march to win the Paris World Cup. It is the the...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 04-14-2008
Le Lounge: God and sex

Wednesday (tomorrow) at " Le Lounge " (a local college outreach) we will be discussing the following topic: Sex: Is God for or against our sexual pleasure? Already it seems, many new students have been invited to this discussion. I'll present for a few minutes, then we'll discuss the...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-25-2008
A Response to Chuck Colson on Quebec

Recently, Chuck Colson (founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries and BreakPoint ), a man who has been greatly used by God and that I greatly respect and admire, published this article concerning Quebec. To begin, I greatly appreciate Chuck Colson and his tremendous influence, testimony, and resources...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-20-2008
On Being Cool

The Pyro Maniacs devote some space each weekend to highlights from The Spurgeon Archive. The following excerpt is from "Unto You, Young Men," a sermon on 1 John 2:14 , preached Wednesday evening, May 13th, 1868, at Westminster Chapel, London. here are some who would think it far worse to be...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-14-2008
Pornography, Sex, STD's in America

For the moment it seems that the evangelical blogosphere is awash with news, studies, and articles on sex, pornography, and STD's. The percentage of teenage sexual activity in Quebec is much higher than in the U.S. or western Canada, but as of right now I don't have any similar Quebecker studies...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-11-2008
Videos: Mega Snowstorm (Post #100)

For the three of you who care, this is blog post #100 on our World Venture blog (I ate a cookie in celebration). Two feet of snow in one night...I always dreamed of winters like this growing up in snow-poor western Oregon. We are now officially about a foot and a half away from breaking the all-time...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-10-2008
Video: Piper on the Prosperity Gospel

HT: Justin Taylor

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-04-2008

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