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Jamie the Very Worst Missionary
www.theveryworstmissionary.com
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Inappropriate remarks, embarrassing antics, and generally lame observations about living life as a Christian missionary in Costa Rica.
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Love people, not projects.

I’ve never liked the word “missionary”. It’s a loaded word. It makes people act funny. We’ve watched our friends meet other missionaries and noticed that sometimes when they hear that word, something...

3 days ago

Five Years; a Farewell

I cant believe it has been five years. Five years of life and ministry in Costa Rica. Five years worth of blood, sweat, and tears poured out so that God might be glorified and Jesus might be proclaim...

23 may 12

Stuff theyve taught me.

Yesterday wasnt Mothers Day in Costa Rica. It was just Sunday. Im cool with that. The truth is, Im not a very good mom, so Mothers Day always feels kinda weird to me. Like my poor kids are being forc...

15 may 12

The least boring review Ive ever written: Storyline.

Last week, I went to the Storyline conference in Portland and now I want to tell you about it, but I feel weird asking you to read a review of a conference since I think reviews are some of the worst...

09 may 12

Oh, Portland. Youre silly.

This is what I learned about Portland, Oregon over these last couple days. First? Portland is obsessed with being Portland. No kidding, its like the only thing Portland talks about. No matter what su...

04 may 12

How to recognize us at Storyline 2012.

At the end of this month, youll be able to find me and El Chupacabra in the land of bridges and bicycles - the lovely yet gloomy hipster paradise of Portland, Oregon. Well be easy to spot, as I own a...

16 apr 12 1 person likes this

My Fathers Son

Yesterday was Stephens last football game. Ever. It was a tough loss, but a good game. I watched my son lay his whole heart out on the field, giving his strength and his spirit to his teammates....

15 apr 12

Healthy Short-term Missions? Do it like Jesus.

Continuing our conversation on the folly of Short-term Missions... This is how Short-term missions teams are often done: Invite anybody (who feels like it/can afford it) on a trip to a (safe but adve...

11 apr 12

Grace. And girl-farts.

I have done a terrible thing. A shockingly awful, embarrassing thing. It involves a lie that I told. Yes, I lie. (Whatever! You lie, too. If you claim you dont, go away. Your kind isnt welcome here.)...

30 mar 12

Hugs for Jesus.

A few weeks ago, a couple of friends and I had a remarkably awkward interaction with a group of short-term missionaries, right here in Costa Rica. The whole thing reminded me of the ongoing conversat...

23 mar 12

And now Im giving tips on writing? Ridiculous.

In what I believe is, perhaps, the greatest twist of irony ever to happen to the internet (second only to the whole "Make Kony Famous" thing making poor Jason Russell really, really famous), ...

20 mar 12

El Chupacabra wears a tiny dress and goes under the knife.

If you and I are not already BFFs on Twitter or Facebook, then you might not know that El Chupacabra had knee surgery yesterday. Let me tell you, you really missed out. I tweeted the hell out of...

16 mar 12

What I was doing when I wasnt here.

Hi. Its been awhile. Life has been crazy, hectic, busy, good, and kinda bad, too. Heres a brief recap: Part 1: Houston based independent filmmaker, Scott Brignac and his lovely wife/assistant Me...

15 mar 12

Blog fail.

Im gonna post something here tonight! Or tomorrow. Or, possibly...... Monday? Love, Jamie, the Very Worst Blogger.

10 mar 12

The Final Freaking Rose.

Let me preface this post by saying: I have no right to write about pop-culture. I sort of gave up that link to social relevance (along with regular hair cuts and a proper collection of shoes) when I ...

23 feb 12

The Tourist Gospel

A million years ago, El Chupacabra and I spent a weekend in Manhattan. We stayed in a fancy hotel, we rode the subway and the Staten Island ferry just for fun, we saw Rent (be very jealous). And we a...

19 feb 12

This is STILL not a food blog. But...

 Ive been bakin Picaken. Yes. The incredibly odd "Picaken" has taken a foothold in my house, where we celebrated 3 birthdays in 3 weeks, each calling for its own version of Frankens...

09 feb 12

I confess; I SUCK at email.

Soooo... Hows it going?... How was your Monday?... Did you see the Voice last night?... Ok, ok. Fine. Ill cut right to the chase (even though I have no idea why we say "cut to the chase"): I ...

07 feb 12

For today...

Faith for an uneasy soul. Hope for a reeling mind. Love for a tender heart. And Grace, amazing Grace, to bind it all together. Grace to wash over it all. Grace to fill in the cracks. Grace to salve t...

02 feb 12

Im ready for my close up.

This is really strange, but, just one month from today, a filmmaker is going to step off a plane in Costa Rica with his fancy cameras and lights and sound junk, which he will then use to follow us ar...

01 feb 12

No more of this.

Hey. Remember that one time when Simon Peter was hanging out with Jesus and some other guys, and then Judas (the douche) showed up with a group of Jewish officials and some Roman soldiers to arrest J...

31 jan 12 1 person likes this

Be afraid.

At the stroke of midnight, we welcomed 2012 with some of our favorite people on the planet by our side. We ate and drank and danced a little, and then we piled into 3 cars and drove 5 minutes up the ...

31 jan 12

Looking for a kick-ass Missions Pastor?

We like to lay in bed at night and talk about the future. Our timeline in Costa Rica is quickly drawing to a close, and imagining all the places God might take us this year brings hundreds of scary p...

31 jan 12

I finally wrote something, but not here...

Hi. Remember me? I write this blog... I havent been around much because 2 of my 3 spawn are still home on summer break. So Im doing this crazy thing where, instead of keeping them subdued with limitl...

31 jan 12

This is NOT a food blog! But...

...I made a Picaken.  A "picaken" is a whole entire pie baked into a whole entire cake. And you cant just go and make a Picaken and then not talk about it on your blog. A ...

31 jan 12

Merry Christmas!!! (Dont be a Party Pooper.)

Hi. Its Christmas. Right now, there are about 300 million people who have run out of things to talk about during awkward extended-family gatherings.  And thats why God invented YouTube. Here are...

25 dec 11

Fly on the wall.

My teenagers have invisible friends. No, not like imaginary friends – I mean invisible friends; Friends who are totally real, completely unseen, and right here in my living room. Thanks to Xbox 360 a...

21 dec 11

The whole can of worms, at a glance.

In case you just got the internet... I wrote a series on short-term missions - no, wait - poverty tourism? volunteer voyeurism?...Gah! What are we calling it?!...Okay, call it whatever you want. But ...

18 dec 11

I hear you.

This is a repost from this time last year. I hope you like it, but Im cool with it if you dont. ;) Now, Im off to make gingerbread men with my boys in celebration of their first Monday of summer vaca...

12 dec 11

Mele Kalikimaka and all that crap.

As I write this, at 8 am, the sun is slipping across my desk through the slats in my bamboo shades. Barefoot and barely dressed, Im sipping lukewarm coffee and wishing for a breeze to come and stir t...

06 dec 11

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