This week, a new class of missionary recruits attended their first training and introduction to CMF at its Indy office. A year ago, we were in that class with five other nervous and excited future missionaries, each of us dreaming about what God had planned for us. We each said an initial “yes” to God,…
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Learning to Lean On the Everlasting Arms
Growing up in small church congregations, I sang countless old hymns from my pew or the choir loft. A perennial favorite was “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.” The first verse recounts “what a fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the everlasting arms; what a blessedness, what a peace is mine, leaning on the everlasting arms.” The refrain…
Fitted Together With The Body
“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the…
Make Yourself at Home
Home. A four-letter word laden with meaning. For some, the word “home” signifies warmth, love, acceptance, and belonging. For others, “home” is negative based upon past experiences of abuse, rejection, or discontentment. Perhaps for some, the word “home” carries no meaning at all because it (whatever “it” is) has not been experienced. We have been…
The Fourth Cup of the New Covenant
Last night we celebrated our annual Passover (Seder) meal with old and new friends. We have hosted Passover in our home during Holy Week for the past six years. This year, we had 24 friends in attendance. (Some years we’ve had close to 40!) As we looked around at the many faces at our dinner…
A Life Called to Love 