This blog was originally posted on January 8, 2015. Every year I seem to make the same new years resolution. It always has something to do with drawing closer to God. Basically doing better at John 15:4, “remaining” in him. [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
My first experiences in community development taught me one lesson – it’s not as easy as I would like. It always felt like a dance. Sometimes we did see good results but often it felt like one step forward and [...]
As the Executive Director, there’s a whole bunch of questions that leave me cringing. They aren’t fundamentally bad, they are just super hard to answer. Questions that should be simple like “How many staff do you have?” “What is your [...]
In the United States it seems everything is at our fingertips. I remember when our family returned about 3 years ago from living in Bolivia. One of the first things we remember (even as we walked through the airport) was [...]
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. [...]
