Foundational Missions

Are you ever grieved by what you see around you?

Likely you are.  There are so many things that bring so much pain and turmoil to our lives and the lives of those we love.  It can be very disheartening.  And at the same time, what brings grief to one seems to bring something completely different to others.  It is interesting how the “ice bucket challenge” seems to be having a polarizing effect on different people.  Clearly it would be hard to miss the numerous challenges that are being passed between friends and co-workers, but also there is a mounting number of others that are venting on how tired they are of seeing this and, even others, who are writing lengthy explanations as to why they can't participate.  So some are grieved by this, and others by that, and still others may be grieved by both.  I think I fall into the last category. Continue reading “Stability”

Greetings came to me recently from Juarez, Mexico, from Rene and Kate Nevarez.  They are beginning an exciting work there and have just launched a beautiful website.  I want to encourage you to take a look at their site and see if you might like to get involved in some way.

I am planning to see them next month, and will look forward to sending people their way in the future.  Please pray for them and for the ministry plant that they are starting.  I know that they will appreciate it, as I will.

Click this screenshot of their new site to be taken there. Continue reading “A Greeting From Juarez”

One road leads home and a thousand into the wilderness. – CS Lewis

We think of Jesus' life among us as that strange and unique “one-of-a-kind” life, riddled with mystique and wispy elusiveness. There is and should be no doubt, after all, that He is the “only begotten” of the Father. But as for His life among us, actually He made it plain and simple, and with renewed minds we can understand that He was actually showing what our lives can and will look like when lived as intended. From His life He calls to us to come and enter into our own, true lives. Continue reading “Escaping Vanity & Entering Purpose”