John-Michael Becker
Fear of Man
Fear is essentially faith in the wrong things. Fear is a belief that something or someone is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. Fear can intimidate, silence, suffocate and even paralyze its victims. Fear can cause people to silently endure injustice and pain and never confront or cry out against their captor. Fear…
Ride Against Traffick 2017 – Family and Rest
Sky and I recently participated in our fourth Ride Against Traffick. From October 6th – 9th, 47 people started from Busan and headed up to Seoul (about 550km), with 28 of them biking and 19 people serving as support crew. It was a blessed time and I’ve made a photo blog below to show what the…
2017 Jerusalem Ministry Soccer Camp – Our 10th Camp!
Jerusalem Ministry, the orphanage ministry I started back in May 2006, has been holding soccer camps every summer for 3rd to 6th grade boys since 2008. This was our tenth camp! We had 39 boys from seven different children’s homes and 46 volunteers (including staff). We held the camp from August 7-9. Please scroll through for a…
An Honored Sinner
This is something I’ve been chewing on recently and I thought I would share. David in the Bible is described as “a man after God’s own heart.” God loved David so much that God chose to have Jesus come from David’s line. David is one of the most admired people in the Bible (he is…
Why Marry?
I was asked a few weeks ago by someone, “Why Marry?” “Why should we get married?” My response was one I don’t think she expected. I gave her two reasons. The first reason was this: “You should marry because you have love to give.” When I was a teenager there was a lovely older couple at…
A Changed Mindset Regarding My Calling
I moved into a children’s home in South Korea at the end of 2005 with a vision of entering North Korea within five years to care for the orphans there. I felt like the children’s home in South Korea was meant to be a stepping stone for me. In South Korea I would learn the language,…
Working With a Creative
Lessons I’ve learned being married to a creative… 1. Don’t assume just because a person is creative that they would love to help you with whatever talent they have. And especially don’t assume that they would gladly do your work for free. Since marrying Sky my eyes have been opened to how often people ask things…
Cling to What is Good (a visit from an old friend)
Last Tuesday a boy who graduated from high school and left the children’s home in 2014 returned to the home to try and find me. I had started teaching him English back in 2006 when he was in 5th grade and enjoyed spending time with him until he graduated and left the home. Along with…
Feeling Bitter or Jaded Towards Leaders or Meetings
In my last blog post I wrote about different reasons why we sometimes feel resistance towards God or the church. In this post I want to cover one more reason why we sometimes feel resistance towards God or the church: when we feel bitter or jaded towards our leaders or towards certain church meetings (or…
Feeling Resistance to God and the Church
Ever just not want to go to church on a Sunday? Or feel a strong resistance within yourself to avoid the prayer meeting or small group meeting? Pretty much every Christian has felt this at some point in their life. It’s one thing if the feelings of resistance are rare and only when you’re really tired…