Warming up in Chicago. The winter felt as if it would never end, looking back it went by really fast. This whole year is going by fast. It feels like just two days ago, I was longing for the cold of winter to hurry up and leave, now I’m trying not to miss the opportunities to grow during the two months I have left here. Strange how that works. Tweet
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once again, I put off writing a new blog post for far too long. We have just completed reading Brennan Manning’s The Ragamuffin Gospel. I just want to share a quote that has been resonating in my mind. “ I can more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God” more posts to come soon. Grace and Peace -adam Tweet
Read More »To any body who has been waiting to see me write something on this thing, here it goes. “Our missionary efforts fail when they are based on pity, rather than true compassion. Instead of seeking to do something with the African and Asian peoples, we have sought only to do something for them.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Strength to Love I have been reading through some of Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s sermons in the book Strength to Love. This just …
Read More »When I was a little kid of about 6 or 7 my cousin asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said a preacher, but being shy and quiet he thought I said that I wanted to be a creature. I’ve never been a great public speaker nor liked being in the spotlight, so as I grew up I realized that being a preacher from a pulpit was not the kind of preacher I wanted to …
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