We just finished lunch with a group of other candidates here at PIONEERS for the orientation program, and we had breakfast with a missionary from Poland. It is so much fun hearing the stories of various people who are either on the mission field or moving to the mission field. Though every story is unique, each one includes a step of faith in response to a ... [Continue Reading]
Chase after me
Yesterday Kari and I went to a Christmas Eve Eve service at NewSpring Church in Anderson, South Carolina with my brother and his wife. Perry Noble is the senior pastor there, and he gave a message last night on the Prodigal Son from Luke 15. And though the message was good, I couldn't help but think about something that wasn't brought up in the ... [Continue Reading]
Cultural Christmas
Christmas is very cultural in the United States. By that I mean the way we celebrate Christmas has more to do with the way we were raised in our culture than it does with the Biblical meaning of the holiday. Whereas it is important not to lose the Scriptural value of celebrating Christ's birth and the unveiling of God's plan to redeem humanity, I ... [Continue Reading]
The busyness is over…
Tonight finished up the end of my Christmas busyness!! It was a crazy week, but I'm glad that's it's all over now and I can enjoy the rest of the season. It's so ironic that we spend so much time doing "Christmas" things and yet we sometimes forget why we're even doing them. The same can be true with the Christian life in ... [Continue Reading]
The risk of ADVENTURE
I remember in college I used to think a lot about how Jesus said that the call of following Him meant persecution. Last week I mentioned a book called The Heavenly Man in a post about hope. The book is the autobiography of a man named Brother Yun - a Chinese Christian who faces intense persecution. It's possible that this idea of suffering is on my ... [Continue Reading]
ADVENTURE Update: Heading to Orlando
Kari and I were invited yesterday to head to Orlando in January for the Candidate Orientation Program with PIONEERS. Please pray for us as we go through the interview process. We are really excited about the potential of working with them as our sending agency. If all goes well, they will invite us to join their organization when we're there in ... [Continue Reading]
Championing the good
In watching some videos on vision again this evening I was really challenged with an idea that I thought about a year ago but have allowed to slip from my mind: championing the good. This evening the idea was tossed around as it comes to vision in the form of celebrating when people do something that is supportive of the vision. For example, when a volunteer ... [Continue Reading]
Vision
I just watched a video on vision for my Master of Ministry program with Anderson University. One of the things the speaker said that really made me think was about how his vision was shaped for the church he leads. He suggested that the shaping of the vision came from experiences and pictures. The experience component was made up of looking at ... [Continue Reading]
Which is the better wish?
In reading The Heavenly Man by Brother Yun, I was really struck by a letter that Brother Yun wrote to his son at his son's birth. Yun's son was conceived shortly before Yun was taken into custody by Chinese authorities for sharing the Gospel. He was in prison when his son was born, and he penned these words: To my dear son Isaac, When you were born ... [Continue Reading]
REVIEW: The Blind Side
I went to go the The Blind Side on Saturday night with a friend of mine. The movie is based on the true story of Ravens football player Michael Oher. Aside from a few mild profanities and sexual/drug references, the movie has a very positive message (for a full review of content, I recommend visiting PluggedIn). What if Christians starting ... [Continue Reading]
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