I finished writing this devotional piece this morning to send to international staff serving in places like Sudan and South Sudan – challenging places where life is unpredictable, the work is hard, and disappointment is often part of the landscape. You might want to refresh your memory of Luke chapter one so that you’ll haveContinue reading “Hope, Disappointment, & Bigger Plans”
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Eternally Grateful
A note: This post is a little parentheses in the ‘village chronicles’. During that first year of ministry and of getting our team established in the village in Mali, my health began to visibly deteriorate. In September 2013 I was diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer. I was in the last stage and it seemedContinue reading “Eternally Grateful”
Dust and Glory
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fearContinue reading “Dust and Glory”
The Gospel & Racism: How Does the New Testament Address Issues of Racial Discrimination & Inequality?
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:26-28). Here there isContinue reading “The Gospel & Racism: How Does the New Testament Address Issues of Racial Discrimination & Inequality?”
Where In The World ?
“How does it feel, how does it feel? To be without a home, like a complete unknown. Like a rolling stone. (Bob Dylan, “Like a Rolling Stone”) “But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9) It’s the First Question, posed to the First Man. It’s a question with a thousandContinue reading “Where In The World ?”
Ordinary Lives
The past two and a half years have been both rich in blessings and full of difficulty. The difficulty was not simply because I went through 4 months of chemotherapy for multiple myeloma (an ‘incurable’ blood cancer), then discovered I had a cancerous tumor in my colon that required surgery, and once I recovered fromContinue reading “Ordinary Lives”
Night Lessons from Trees & Their Shadows
“The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech, night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to theContinue reading “Night Lessons from Trees & Their Shadows”
Just GO! (please)
***Background note: I wrote this article about three years ago while was still coaching an evangelism / church planting team in an unreached region of MalI, West Africa. Now I’m privileged to work in a Christian relief organization where my responsibilities involve coaching leaders and volunteers in evangelism and discipleship across Central Africa. I don’tContinue reading “Just GO! (please)”
A Pligrim’s Playlist
I wrote this piece a few years back, while out in the village in Mali, but it seemed like something appropriate for this new year as Ive been meditating on Psalm 84. I decided to listen to music this morning while busy with some mundane tasks. As much as I love music – being aContinue reading “A Pligrim’s Playlist”
Pain & Presence: A Christmas Meditation
Wrapped up in this miracle we celebrate at Christmas – the miracle of incarnation, the miracle of “God-with-us” – is the reality and legitimacy of suffering. It is part of the human experience to which a transcendent God made himself vulnerable. From the beginning of this story in which God moves to intimately involve himselfContinue reading “Pain & Presence: A Christmas Meditation”
Know This Love 