“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” Mother Teresa About a week ago, I saw the above image – Photoshopped from DaVinci’s famous painting of the Last Supper – of Jesus practicing social distancing while dining virtually with his disciples. I thought it was hilarious and made sure to share […]
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Guest Bloggers: Mike & Ann Mara Kijabe, Kenya, is a small village situated about an hours drive from the bustling capitol city of Nairobi. The main road out of the city winds its way up over 8,000 feet elevation along the rim of the Great Rift Valley. As one slowly ascends in elevation, the views
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Editor’s Note: Melissa is the Vice President of Development at Kilns College. By Guest Blogger: Melissa McCreery “How can a writing class possibly help me land a job as a aerospace engineer?” “Which class looks better on my resume—Biochemistry or Spanish?” “Do employers look favorably on applicants who study abroad?” Over the course of my
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Pretty excited about the new ministry placement program that Courtney Christenson and Justin Lavik have been working on at Antioch. I think that lack of commitment usually comes from lack of clarity… in other words, we don’t know what we were made to do and therefore we don’t have confidence to pursue it. Another way
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So I’ve been thinking a lot about something that came out in the sermon last Sunday. I was discussing Paul’s writing in the book of Philippians where he states: If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!
So here is what I’ve been pondering today… What would it look like for Christians and Churches to move beyond just service projects (programmed ways of giving) to becoming servants (programmed to give.) I guess that I’m wondering if we are fooling ourselves about our obedience to Christ in serving others by our moments of
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It’s easy to see things when there is convergence. I love looking for it when I’m trying to discern what God is up to. When multiple different strands all come together or point in the same direction it is at least worth looking at and praying about. The same thing also shows up when lots
