Everyone has dreams. Even those that are told they are not allowed to dream…secretly, they have dreams for themselves. What I love about a dream is the amount of passion that is behind it. Whether you are driven by love, soul or God…the passion that can ignite a dream to fulfillment is beautiful and sometimes … Continue reading vision
Kingdom of God
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
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
sometimes
Sometimes God crashes into your world and you are caught completely by surprise. We see him. We hear him. Maybe even catch a scent of our Savior. Other times…we ignore him. Content with our home, car, family, job, activities…we replace our beautiful Savior with the life we are living on this planet. Ironically, the life … Continue reading sometimes
the older the better
I do a lot of reading. A lot. However, right now, my book list is longer than time I have to read. Last week I got incredibly giddy because a professor of mission I adore was finally on Twitter. He tweeted: ‘Only when we cheerfully and faithfully bear the burden of sorrow, anxiety and pain … Continue reading the older the better
‘the’ debate
I love the moments when I look around a table and find myself thinking, ‘I am so incredibly blessed to be able to serve with these people.’ Our Haiti team leaves in about a month, and we have a strong team on all fronts. We have laughter. We have strength. We have experience. We have … Continue reading ‘the’ debate
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