MissionSmart

Episode 115 — Honest Dialogue in MarriageDavid & Vicki share how their marriage has changed when they were able to talk honestly with each other. This required real humility and teachability.Stron...

Episode 100 —  MissionSmart Book Revision – Chap. 8 Considering a Mission Organization    -David & Vicki discuss Chap. 8 of their book Mission Smart-They are adding some thoughts to the content in...

Episode 92 —  MissionSmart Book Revision – Introduction  David & Vicki discuss the Preface and Introduction of their book Mission Smart. They are adding some thoughts to the content in the book. ...

Episode 88 —  Being Church Developing the habits of being church now before heading overseasLearning to do the one anothers organically both will help you survive and leave a model to the locals what ...

Episode 86 —  Don’t Go Overseas if… We’re talking about all the wrong reasons to go into overseas missionsWe remind listeners to go back and listen to earlier sessions on these topics. ...

Episode 84 —  Funny Stuff No One Told Us – Part 2 Laughing about all the things no one told us about the life of an overseas missionary. Navigating plumbing, furloughs, balance, boundaries w/ co-worke...

Episode 69 — Is God at Work?Talking about the journey of faith in life, learning to trust in God’s good and sovereign hand. Getting faith from the mind to the heart, from knowledge to experience. ...

Episode 66 — Culture Shock & Depression Pt 1Most of us are unprepared for all the aspects of culture shock & how moving away from all our support systems, friends, family can affect us mentall...

Episode 59 —  Money & Missions Pt 1  David & Vicki give practical advice regarding money and missions. They give wisdom from their experiences and knowledge that cover pre-field, on-field and ...

Episode 51 —  Authenticity & Community Pt. 2 Interview w 2 friends who teach in Central Asia...

Episode 50 —  Authenticity & Community  Pt. 1 Interview w 2 friends who teach in Central Asia...

Episode 46 — Hot & Cold Cultures - Hospitality & ContextTalking through the book Foreign to Familiar by Sarah Lanier about hot & cold culturesLooking at differences of the way hot and cold...

Episode 44 — Hot & Cold Cultures - Relationships & Communication     Talking through the book Foreign to Familiar by Sarah Lanier about hot & cold culturesLooking at differences of the way...

Episode 29 — “To Whom We Go - All Peoples” Sermon Sermon co-taught by David & Barrett Bowden at Island Community Church, Memphis, TNThis is part of Global Missions Month in Jan. 2021. ...

Episode 18 — Language Learning Together The importance of mastering the language in the early yearsLearning & respecting our different learning styles  ...

Episode 15 — Dangers in Wrong Thinking about Missions Pt2Continue to talk about how wrong thinking about moving overseas for missions. It’s so important to have people in our lives who ask us the hard...

“Why do I want to go overseas?” “Why do I want to be missionary?” “What’s inside motiving me?”We always have a mixture of motivations in things we do, and it’s vital to be aware of this. Wrong motivat...