It is appalling and chilling to hear the latest story of a cold blooded shooter stealing the lives of innocent victims. I’m sure gun control advocates will jump on this and perhaps there is a better way too oversee how an individual mom can obtain the number and kinds of guns she did but I think criminals who want guns will find ways. This blog is not about gun control.
Share the Gift of Hope on Dec 24. Here is an invite you can use on Facebook or via email to invite friends for the Christmas Eve services @Indiancreek. Olathe has Christmas Eve services at 5 and 7 p.m.
Sunday I spoke at the Indian Creek Gardner campus on the Gift of Life. We’ve been talking about the gifts God gives us that are for Christmas but keep on giving. Here is a link to The_Gift_of_Life_12912.docx Feel free to share this with others.
Today I was asked to summarize our progress in pulling together the Kansas City Coalition for the First Thursday Citywide Prayer Meeting. Here is what I wrote: God is doing a new thing in these days to bring the Church of KC together in unprecedented ways. God is doing it.
Being in London this week before I share in a church this weekend reminds me of the importance of faithful persistence in doing what is right. You can find the history of Protestant reformation here at every turn in England. Our forefathers turned a culture from religious bondage to freedom.
I mentioned in the previous post that 3 Worlds brings Europe, N Africa and the Middle East together but there is more to it than that. The 3 Worlds specifically speaks to the different ways that ministry is approached in the various context that make up this part of the world. It is actually a part of our world in the U.S.
Belinda and I are in London for the next six days. I lead a conference this weekend for 3 Worlds. So from now until then we get to see the sites of jolly ol England.
Wednesday Belinda and I were privileged (along with several KC Pastors) to spend a couple hours at lunch with Mark Anderson the President YWAM and the leader of the house church movement in a country halfway around the world. It was really exciting to see detailed plans of how the Great Commission can be fulfilled in our lifetime–2025. Presently there are approximately 1150 unengaged people groups.
A week ago when I was overseas Kirk Kaiser and I were talking about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and how we would spend it. A few from our team asked, “what is Thanksgiving?” It reminded me that we have a great privilege in having a nation founded “under God.” How cool is it that a whole nation stops to give “thanks”! At the same time that I had that thought, it was crowded out by the concern that, as a country, we are losing our moral foundation.