Category Archives: Going
Are You Ready?
I saw a sign in front of a church that asked, “Are you ready?” Immediately I was transported to 1968, to a dorm room across the hall from mine, to a Bible study. I had been challenged, “Are you ready … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus, kingdom, mandate, prepare, ready, return
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A SHIRT AND A BOOK
What does poverty look like to you? Is it too little or no income? Is it a small, shabby shack in the “bad” part of town? Is it gender, race or culture-based? Is it the lack of material wealth or … Continue reading
Posted in Going, GPI--Get Personally Involved, Missions to Ecuador
Tagged God's love, hope, lack, opportunity, poverty, refugees
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Working with Others
A mission trip is all about serving people, but what does that really mean? Choosing to do it their way. The project is always their project, not ours. We must respect the way they want things done, even when we … Continue reading
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Tagged job, mission project, missions, task, team, work
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Poverty of the Spirit
Poverty is more than the lack of material possessions; it adds the burden of isolation and hopelessness and of the loss of human dignity. We who have often disparage those who do not have by thinking they are lazy or … Continue reading
Posted in Going, Missions to Ecuador
Tagged development, health, mission project, mission trip, missions, poverty, relief
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Call to Action
Have you ever had a “Call to Action?” Have you ever felt God’s tug on your heart, heard his whisper in your ear, known the clarity of following his path for you? I did thirty years ago when I hear … Continue reading
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The Command to Go
Did you ever wonder if we Western Christians think that the New Testament was written just for us? I’m thinking specifically of the words of Jesus: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of … Continue reading
Posted in Going, Sending, Who are we?
Tagged commands, disciples, ends-of-the-earth, Go, Jesus, missions, send
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Cayambe Blessings: the Real Meaning of Missions
We say it at every pre-trip meeting: “A mission trip is about people, making friendships, connecting one to one.” And we mean it. But we still focus on the numbers, how many people we saw, how much medicine we used, … Continue reading
Posted in Going, Missions to Ecuador
Tagged blessings, Compassion International, mission, partners, sponsored child, team, trip
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Away from the World
Today is election day, and I found the best way to handle the onslaught of political ads and calls. I spent the past week in a barrio on the side of a volcano in the Andes mountains of Ecuador. My … Continue reading
Moving beyond that “Sad” Feeling
I met someone recently who told me she’d love to become more involved in a local mission, like serving at a soup kitchen, but “Seeing those people makes me too sad.” I nodded and thought, “Hooray! That’s a good thing.” … Continue reading
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Tagged feelings, God's love, justice, mercy, missions, poverty, serving, soup kitchen
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How do you live out Hope?
We prepared a lesson for the youth class based on the story of the man who had waited by a pool for 38 years. We were supposed to talk about pain, emotional, physical and psychological, and the life choices that … Continue reading
Posted in Going, GPI--Get Personally Involved, Meditations
Tagged challenges, future, hope, plans, promise, salvation
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Missions Moving Out 