Reflections on Anything
We love this blog, so we decide to repost it! If you’re looking for a great book to read this summer, this blog might inspire you to pick up the book Anything by Jennie Allen. Everywhere we work, Reconciled World [...]
Focusing on the Vulnerable
Reconciled World focuses on the vulnerable because we believe The Father focuses on the vulnerable. As we work with local churches, we teach them to look for ways to show love to those around them who are experiencing physical poverty, [...]
Partnering with Churches: From Principle to Practice
Partnering with local churches is so important, but it can be tricky. Sometimes we can end up taking over like the kid who’s determined to get an A in chem-lab despite her remedial lab partner. We think, “This (whatever) needs to [...]
Integrating Physical & Spiritual: From Principle to Practice
Reconciled World’s third Core Principle is Integrating Physical and Spiritual. It means that we acknowledge that people are spiritual and physical beings, all intertwined in a way that there is really no such thing as “spiritual problems” and “physical problems”. So [...]
Nurturing Truth and Confronting Lies – The Village Story
Reconciled World’s second Core Principle is “Nurturing Truth and Confronting Lies.” In a nutshell, this means that we believe that every culture and community holds onto some truths and some lies. To see a community thrive, we must nurture the truths [...]
Depending on God: From Principle to Practice
“Our fears, anger, and anxiety reveal the gods we trust, serve, and worship in place of the true God.” – Alfred Poirier, The Peacemaking Pastor One of Reconciled World’s core principles is “Depending on God.” In truth, this principle is [...]
The God Road
This story comes from our TCT program in Southeast Asia. We love glimpsing the way God can fulfill His promise to lift up those who humble themselves. Tasks like creating dirt roads or cleaning up garbage can be pretty humbling. [...]
From Crisis to Compassion
Christmas wasn’t supposed to be terrible. My husband, Chris, slipped his hand around my waist and we smiled, looking at our kids playing with their new toys on top of all the strewn wrapping. We exhaled and congratulated each other [...]
Love, Dirt, and Miracles
I try to help my neighbor through a crisis, and she shuts me down. I give cold water to a homeless person, and he says what he really needs is money. I offer to pray for someone and they look [...]
How God Provides
One of the things that we believe God has spoken loudly and clearly to us about is local fund raising. The typical international model is: get the money from the richest places and do the work in the poorest places. [...]