After graduating from University, I had the opportunity to participate in the two month Avance summer immersion program in Mexico City. Fast forward two years later and I was still in Mexico City, still enjoying the times of sobremesa with obligatory sweet bread and coffee, and also serving as staff on Avance. Honestly, I am…
Descartes said, “I think therefore I am.” Winston Churchill said, “I act therefore I am.” Jesus said, “I am.” These are statements about identity. The rationalists tell us that we are the sum of our thoughts, our ideas, our visions and plans. The pragmatists tell us that we are what we do, the sum of…
“But what do you guys get out of this?” A paradigm shift was about to take place in my mind. Sitting at a table in Kauai in downtown Stellenbosch during late 2013, Gabe Smith (East Mountain Director) was explaining to me what the residency program they are planning to introduce at East Mountain might look…
My husband, Jonathan, has never had a desire to leave the country. In the past we have talked about going on vacations to Mexico, or the Bahamas, and his stipulation was that we go only if it were on a cruise where we could set up camp on an American boat-HAHA! A few days after…
We are two years into our first term right now and have experienced pretty much everything we were warned about before we left and a few other realities. Things like… how dumb you’ll feel how you’ll have to remind yourself you were a professional at one point; things on the surface will seem the same,…
Many years ago when my wife and I were developing the LAM (now UWM) student ministry in Bogotá, Colombia we met Daniel Salinas, a student of mechanical engineering at the National University. Daniel came from a Christian home, was an excellent student, and participated with enthusiasm in the activities of the group. He played the…
The mountain hostel’s small meeting room was filled with twenty-two local pastors and church planters, all eager to learn and grow during our retreat. A national leader from another country in South Asia joined us to lead sessions on creating bigger vision as part of our “Breaking Tradition in order to Enter the Kingdom of God” theme. …
When you hear the word missionary what words come to mind? Perhaps ambassador, courageous, strong, self-sacrificing. We Christians are all called to be Christ’s ambassadors and bear witness to Jesus who loved us sacrificially and perfectly. We all do fail though; we aren’t perfect and yet in trying to live out one’s faith there is…
We can all look back on moments in our lives that changed us; moments that awakened our souls to something new. I had one of these moments in May when I had the opportunity to go to Cuba for the first time. I have traveled all over Latin America and have even lived there, but…
A WOMAN OF WHOM THE WORLD WAS NOT WORTHY: HELEN ROSEVEARE (1925-2016) “God never uses a person greatly until He has wounded him deeply. The privilege He offers you is greater than the price you have to pay. The privilege is greater than the price.” —Helen Roseveare Written by Justin Taylor at The Gospel Coalition…