Another year of blogging has passed! This journal shares the top 10 posts on the challenges of integrating faith into our life’s journey. It’s been my joy to share thoughts and connect with you over the past twelve months. Thank you for reading and for responding. I look forward to continuing to explore ways to…
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Prayer Guide for Missional Living
Pray continually…with perseverance, with patience, with persistence. Prayer remains critical in our faith journey. Many needs come to our attention as we seek to incorporate prayer into this sometimes meandering path. Sometimes, though, we are at a loss for words! Instead of becoming overwhelmed and praying the catch-all blanket “Lord Jesus, watch over me and all…
Week Two: Insights and Tools for Mark 1-3
Welcome to Week Two in How To Study the Bible series! (To begin the series click here.) This week, as you explore the first three chapters of Mark, you will learn 1) the most critical component of Jesus’ ministry 2) how the similarities and differences between the book of Mark and the other three gospels inform each…
8 Ways to Look After Orphans
What can one person do? “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultess is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1:27) But how can you help the orphans in Africa? What difference can you make in the life…
Is God at Work in Your Shipwreck?
The only survivor of a shipwreck washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements and to store his…
Walking with Your Short-term Missionary
In the coming weeks, short-term mission teams will head out to partner with missionaries across the globe. If your son, daughter, grandchild, cousin or friend will be serving on a team, consider how you can walk alongside him or her in the coming weeks. As a short-term missionary, they will experience new cultures, close relationships…
Are You a Do-No-Harm Christian?
Men don’t usually run over to other men. But this guy bolted up to Jesus, humbly knelt, then asked: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” He was eager to learn from the teacher from Nazareth. He didn’t wait to request a Nicodemus-style private midnight meeting. Jesus responded with compassion. “You know the commandments:…
What is The Project Experience?
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/20561555 w=400&h=300] Project Experience: Cycle of Poverty from CCC Omaha on Vimeo. Our high school mission teams set-up an interactive exhibit spotlighting the challenges of developing countries. 1 out of 6 people do not have clean drinking water. More than 40 million hours are spent every year fetching water. 8′ x 8′ house provides…
12 Months to Becoming a World Christian
Adapted from January 2012 article in San Diego’s Christian Monthly…. In one short year you can become a World Christian to help fulfill the great commission. Maybe even become a super-hero (see below). What is a World Christian? Someone who takes prayerful, thoughtful action for Christ that has impact across the globe. Many calendars come out…
7 Simple Ways to Pray
1) Pray the scriptures. Choose the Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:9-13), Psalm 23 or another passage. Speak the verses meaningfully, from your heart, as if for the very first time. Choose a psalm that reflects where you are today. Fear, anger, praise, frustration, gratitude. No emotion is too great for God to bear. 2) Pray through an…
