Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Tanning beds, airplanes, and the good God
Today is the day to depart to Canada, and not exactly a good start. To say the least I am not the brightest bulb in the tanning bed. I managed to completely misread the reservation and figured out that my plane left at 11:15am today at about 11:08am at my house... whoops. Called the airline and pleaded for mercy while silently pleading with God to somehow make something out of this predicament I managed to create. After about a year and a half on hold (okay 15 minutes) I got a hold of an agent who managed to get me on a later flight getting in a couple hours later. Also by the grace of God it was inexpensive and painless. I now wait in the airport for my new flight and all I can say is praise God it worked out.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Feedback requested
I was talking to a couple of my advisors (yes multiple because multiple degrees being pursued = multiple advisors) about missions, curious for their feedback. One of which is a foreign missions minded person, and the other is a "let's tackle the home front first," kind of gal. So i want to know which way do you swing.
As I have said before, God is calling me to foreign missions, but I need to explain where I stand in the whole scheme of things. There are many churches in my town, 1 church for every 100 people, yes the math was done correctly, roughly 30 separate Christian denominations, and 3000 people. I know OF a single person who does not attend church at all, but she has "heard the gospel". Everyone else is at church at least semi-regularly. Here is the crazy thing the majority of the churches do not support foreign missionaries. There is another town 65 miles east of here that for the 1200ish people that live there, about 300 go to church. So there is still a lot to be done there. I believe that churches need to be active in there community to not only reach out at home, but also to send people out into the world. We have the man power to change the world, but we need stop warming pews and actually do something. It starts at home, but there is also a great deal of work to be done in the rest of the world. Christ called us to deny ourselves, not to be a part of a religious sect.
Please provide your thoughts on missions, and the current state of the North American church. It is always fun to hear what your church is doing so please comment.
As I have said before, God is calling me to foreign missions, but I need to explain where I stand in the whole scheme of things. There are many churches in my town, 1 church for every 100 people, yes the math was done correctly, roughly 30 separate Christian denominations, and 3000 people. I know OF a single person who does not attend church at all, but she has "heard the gospel". Everyone else is at church at least semi-regularly. Here is the crazy thing the majority of the churches do not support foreign missionaries. There is another town 65 miles east of here that for the 1200ish people that live there, about 300 go to church. So there is still a lot to be done there. I believe that churches need to be active in there community to not only reach out at home, but also to send people out into the world. We have the man power to change the world, but we need stop warming pews and actually do something. It starts at home, but there is also a great deal of work to be done in the rest of the world. Christ called us to deny ourselves, not to be a part of a religious sect.
Please provide your thoughts on missions, and the current state of the North American church. It is always fun to hear what your church is doing so please comment.
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