Jul 19, 2021 | Blog: Guest Writers, Lastest News
Answering the call to build a clinic in a remote community in the mountains of Haiti has a set of unique challenges. As we prayed about and started this project, it came about only because of a community that was willing to put the sweat equity into this project, to...
Jul 14, 2021 | Blog: Guest Writers, Lastest News
Part 1 – Seeking Questions Rather Than Answers* “But HOW is the sky blue, Mama?” She had been asking the question the entire drive to school. Not being a meteorologist, I tried my best to explain. But I was coming up short, for sure, and she was persistent in her...
Jul 12, 2021 | Blog, Blog: Guest Writers, Lastest News
I was called by University Baptist Church in August of 2020 with the purpose of diving headfirst into student ministry, both continuing to build upon our existing youth ministry, and beginning to build a kind of college student outreach that UBC is perfectly situated...
May 24, 2021 | Blog, Blog: Guest Writers
What does it mean to resume worship? If you’re like me you’ve spent the last 14 months away from any physical church building. With the onset of COVID-19, I thought I was saying “goodbye” to church for a few weeks at most; a vacation of sorts that I was looking...
Feb 23, 2021 | Blog: Guest Writers, Lastest News
Derek is hard to describe, but I’ll try. The first time I met him, he wanted to know if I could “lay down a beat” for him to freestyle over. He had had an idea for a new rap while walking to the meal in our home and was ready to try it out. Derek has a way of entering...
Feb 16, 2021 | Blog: Guest Writers, Lastest News, Uncategorized
“Ash to ash. Dust to dust.”[1] Familiar sayings during this time of year as we enter Lent, the 40-day season (not including Sundays) between Ash Wednesday and the day before Easter. The word “Lent” comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “lencten”,...
