Monday, October 29, 2012
As I was browsing through Facebook last week, I noticed that my friend DJ Chuang had posted a photo on Facebook about the upcoming Urbana Student Missions Conference, as he was running a contest to encourage pastors to win a free pass to the conference. (DJ is on the “Social Media Squad” for Urbana to help cover and promote the event.) Interestingly, though, it wasn’t the contest that seemed to generate any attention, but the photo that DJ posted (which you can see on his website); he had created a montage of the current lineup of speakers for the “Pastors and Church Leaders” track, and although the 12 people portrayed reflected ethnic and racial diversity, the glaring reality that only…
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Monday, November 15, 2010
I was blessed to come across this post in the Twitterverse, and its author, Patricia Jones, has graciously allowed me to use it here. She and her husband both work with Compassion International, and in the post, Patricia is about to go on a trip to Ethiopia. In a few days I will share more about the ministry her daughter Isabel has started, another great story! I’m inspired by this family’s commitment to missional living, and I think you will be too! *** She kissed me and squeezed me. “Mommy I am going to miss you.” Then Grace kissed my cheek and squeezed me again. The other night we gathered as a family before bedtime and prayed for each other. Stephen suggested…
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
This year in our homeschool curriculum, we are using a book called Window On The World. This is a fabulous book that I highly recommend for families wishing to help their children embrace and understand the needs of people groups all around the globe. Each two-page spread features a particular country, with a map and key facts about that country, a summary of the issues being faced by the people both physically and spiritually, and a list of prayer needs to remember. My 8-year-old focuses on a different country each week; this week, the subject was Haiti, which of course has been in the news so much in recent years due to the recent earthquakes. I did a little more research…
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