To reflect on the past. To admit mistakes. To recognize the separation. To exist without shame. To embrace the future. To freely love without question or assumption. To feel the warmth of the Holy Spirit. To know the voice of a Savior. To know the truth of God. To return to a path once diverged.
Author: Stephanie Mutert
who am i?
In college, I struggled heavily with the question of ‘Who am I?’ I remember telling friends, ‘I just need to find myself.’ Thinking that I needed a trip to ‘get away’ from my college life to think and discover myself. I even went as far as figuring out how to do a road trip to … Continue reading who am i?
challenge
Lent. Fasting. Quite honestly, I have always thought it was asinine to give up diet coke or sweets. Mostly because how does not eating a chocolate bar draw you closer to God? I’ve always fallen on the fasting side of giving something up that will draw me closer to God. For several years I gave … Continue reading challenge
relief
Tuesdays are the odd mission day in the office. No ‘local mission’ folks around…it’s just me…global girl. The mission geek with even weirder ideas. However, when people are calling into Grace Place for emergency relief in the form of food, clothing or utilities…they don’t care what I do…they just know I’m the voice they get … Continue reading relief
pain
You would hope something as wondrous and miraculous as God’s mission wouldn’t bring hurt, pain or anger. But when you have people that are serving from a place of passion…our humanness enters in, and all hell breaks loose. It’s ugly. It’s painful. It hurts. But what can we really expect when we are dealing with … Continue reading pain
This is absolutely where my heart is right now, and I wanted to share it with you all! And I think its beautiful! Well said Gerry!
family
‘Подруга, you are my friend,’ is what I kept hearing in broken English from the kids. They don’t know a lot of English, but they know some basic they have learned from their English teachers. Then I started hearing… ‘Семья.’ Family. You are my family. This year, one of our team members who had been … Continue reading family
language
You know you are a mission geek when… Yah, I’m not going to finish that sentence, mostly, because we all know it to be true already. I had a mission geek moment last night, and was reminded by how God started adjusting my ‘mission’ definition to a ‘Kingdom’ mindset. I picked up a book titled, … Continue reading language
community on mission
I saw a quote on Twitter, ‘Community is the byproduct of mission.’ I wonder how many would agree or disagree with that statement? Honestly…we’ve seen it both ways around Woods Chapel. There are groups of friends, small groups or even large groups that choose to do mission together. They are all from different backgrounds...doing Bible … Continue reading community on mission
tables
I love Chinese food. There, I said it, the world knows! I have a bit of an obsession with it…in college one year for my birthday a friend brought me my favorite Chinese for lunch between classes, and then another for dinner took me to the same place to celebrate one more year of my … Continue reading tables
sojourner4jesus 