Five Stones Global Articles
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The "Thinning" Revisited: Dependency and Church Planting in Cambodia
Jean JohnsonJune 1, 2010 -
The Best Way to Plant Indigenous Churches is to Begin That Way
Jean JohnsonSeptember 1, 2016 -
"They Did Business With You Because of Your Great Wealth of Goods"
Jean JohnsonJuly 1, 2016 -
Could Inspiring More "We Did It" Stories Help Break The Dependency Mindset?
Dan CarlJuly 31, 2014 -
Three Things of Importance: Spiritual Renewal, Restructuring, Imagination
Glenn Schwartz
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Social Justice 1: God Designed Social Justice – Don’t You Dare Hit Her!
By Jean Johnson I was driving down a popular boulevard in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In a grassy area along the boulevard, I saw a man lift up his iron rod that served as a cane to strike a woman over her head. Without thinking, I slammed on my brakes, jumped out of my vehicle, and […]
Habitude 7: Value the Soul Music; Avoid Music Colonialism
My dog howled every time I hit a certain note on my bamboo flute. He would lift up his head and cry as if he were calling upon a sweetheart in another village. I am not musically inclined in any form or fashion, but it was about time I learned more about Cambodian music […]
Habitude 6: Overcome the Spitting Dragon Who Wants to Send You Home
DAY 1 Affects DAY 100: Habitudes* Habitude 6: Overcome the Spitting Dragon Who Wants to Send You Home By Jean JohsnonWhen serving in Cambodia as a vocational missionary, I saw many missionaries come and go. I used to call Cambodia “the spitting dragon,” because it chewed people up and spit them out. In the early […]
What We Can Learn from a Mizo Missionary Sent to Cambodia
Written by Sairengpuia Sailo When in Cambodia, I (Jean Johnson) had the opportunity to meet and interact with Sairengpuia Sailo. He was a missionary sent out from Mizoram, Northeast India as a missionary to Cambodia. Mizoram is known for their locally sustainable and self-supporting churches. So what would it be like to be sent out from […]
Conviction Compels Us in Disciple Making Movements
Guest Blog: By C. Anderson DNA can be a bit of a faddish buzzword these days. What is the DNA of your group? Your organization? Though perhaps the word is becoming a bit overused, the concept has validity as we look at multiplication. DNA speaks to the core values that are communicated from the beginning […]