Thoughts From the Journey
Before I went to Haiti I was concerned the money I was spending on the trip might be better spent donating directly to someone. The expense of short term “missions” trips is a frequent complaint regarding them – and there is no denying cash is needed many places… I was only in Haiti one week …
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Adventures in Missions (AIM) has contacts with 650 churches in Haiti. That’s a lot of contacts! AIM has a program called “Church to Church” that facilitates churches in the US sponsoring churches in Haiti. So far they have about 35 American churches signed up to sponsor a Haitian church. The group I went to Haiti …
I’m learning a short "missions" trip can really spin you around. One day you’re marching along in everyday life and then – wham, you’re transported to another world. A world where people don’t have the same privileges I do. Where water and electricity are sporadic. Where food and clean water are not a given. Where …
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Wow. So much has happened in this last week. The trip to Haiti has really been amazing and eye-opening. I recommend for everyone go visit Haiti! Just arrived back in the U.S.A. a short bit ago and will be in Florida several days longer so can’t give a long update now but wanted to post …
If I learned anything from my brief stint in playing educator, it was this, “Never do for a student what they can do for themselves.” (Reference, Are We Listening? from Nov 2009) Jesus followed this rule both in how he taught and in how he performed his miracles. We might be able to learn something …
Do you wonder what the #1 watched YouTube clip is? The answer: Justin Bieber’s music video, “Baby.” Over 483 million hits. You know how much time that represents? Imagine someone watching that clip over and over again from cradle to the grave. Now, multiply that by 40. Yep, forty lifetimes of time. Or 3,000 years! …
Here are two observations: Everyone believes something Those beliefs depend on what/who we hold up as our authority I recently heard an acquaintance make reference to how doctrinally incorrect it is for Catholics to believe in praying to dead saints. Well, depends on who your authority is. If your authority is church tradition and the …
An engineer I work with likes to say, “Bad requests yield bad data.” Asking wrong questions can lead us in wrong directions. I ran a series of posts about a year ago trying to answer the question, “What makes a church a church?” A Pastor? A Church building? A certain number of people? A religous …