The theme for Reconciled World in 2018 is Delighting in the Lord. One blessing of my position as Global Staff Pastor is being able to hear the different voices and perspectives that you all bring to this theme. I am excited to share one [...]
This entry is a follow-up to a previous entry called God’s gift of grief. “Grief is a journey, often perilous and without clear direction,” writes author Molly Fumia. “The experience of grieving cannot be ordered or categorized, hurried or controlled, pushed aside or ignored [...]
I dislike grief. I really do. If I’m honest I hate being sad and I don’t particularly enjoy listening to the pain and sadness of other people’s stories. I hurt for them. My heart aches. I know we worship a big God. I know [...]
In January, I had the privilege of spending three days with the Reconciled World Indian staff at a retreat just outside of Delhi. We gathered, played, reflected, prayed, and laughed. The hotel rooms were warm (it’s cold in Delhi in January!) and the food [...]
A number of years ago I started to get serious about making fasting and prayer part of my work routine. I knew I needed to depend on God more, and I knew I needed His guidance to make wise decisions at work. So periodically [...]
Do you joyfully affirm the goodness and trustworthiness of God? Awhile back I took a day to try that statement out. I went to a nearby state park and spent the day exploring. I walked the trails, admired the trees towering above me, and [...]
So the year 2018 has begun. You are a week in, where do you find yourself? Are you excited? Anxious? Are you anticipating new things, dreading the redundancy of old things? Maybe you are a resolution setter and have drafted a plan to make [...]
Have you ever wondered why God gave you your five senses? Why taste, touch, smell, sight and sound were part of the human design? For a long time I think I misunderstood why. Like most people, I tended to think my five senses were [...]
We have so much to be grateful for! Every day is bursting with immeasurable blessing. But the truth is that sometimes we don’t feel real grateful. The demands of life, struggles, and worries often push us towards defeat rather than a heart of thanks. [...]
The power of effective habits is not in the seclusion, the silence, or the journal, but in Whom you find in the habit. As leaders, we must take our activity godward.
