Way back in May of 2016, I was living in Haiti and one morning the three of us from Kansas City, who were living down there, all showed up wearing the same shirt. The hilarity turned into a Friday tradition of wearing our Global Orphan Project “Defend the Oppressed” shirts and hashtaging #DTOfriday. It gained … Continue reading DTOfriday
Kingdom
years
Seven years ago this month, I found myself among a group of people that allowed me the freedom to grow into the life and language that God was leading me to move from ‘doing mission’ to ‘living for Kingdom.’ It’s actually not that big of a leap, but it is a flip in perspective. God … Continue reading years
spirit
The big three. (No, not ‘This Is Us’) The trinity. God. Jesus. Holy Spirit. Outside of the standard Sunday School answer of “Jesus is the most important,” sits the reality that the Holy Spirit is the insanely strong Kingdom unifier among us. "I'm baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for … Continue reading spirit
dignity
I once had a friend tell me a story about a pastor he knew in Africa who was explaining to his congregation why my friends’ organization was going to partner with them. The pastor asked his congregation, “Describe to me how we get water.” “We get our buckets.” “We walk to the water pump.” “We … Continue reading dignity
storytelling
It is enthralling how one experience…one moment of just fifteen minutes…could change your entire perspective on how you see the world and how everything fits in it. I tend to sit in those moments and soak them up for months afterward. It is such an intimate God moment that sometimes I wonder if it actually … Continue reading storytelling
elysée
Many times in Haiti, pastors set aside their ideal of safe areas when they embrace the courage to follow God wherever he may lead them. God led Pastor Elysée to Biggarouse while many of the local community was rapidly leaving the area due to an increased level of crime, voodoo and lack of good that … Continue reading elysée
pastors
Today marks a distinctive day in Haiti. It is 12 Janvier. Six years have passed since the earthquake rocked this ground and the lives of so many. It is an emotional day in Haiti, but at the same time, God is doing so much within these borders and the lives of the people here. In … Continue reading pastors
reality
As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own. [Margaret Mead] As I have been sent out into other cultures over the last … Continue reading reality
truth
Note: I’ve felt led to share an open letter to my community of Jesus’ loving, sarcastic speakin’, community driven and radically living ladies who laugh with me and love me despite my inherent ability to sometimes be an asshole. Friends, three years ago this month I followed a crazy whim that the Holy Spirit had … Continue reading truth
place
We have a lot of things we say about home. 'Home is where the heart is.' 'Home is where you are.' There are so many others, but I think what I am beginning to realize is that home isn't so much an exact place for me anymore. Home is living. Living with purpose. Living in … Continue reading place
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