Transforming Fear into Confident Trust
During prep week at Impact we talked a lot about our fears about going to Brazil. It was then that I was able to identify and acknowledge my biggest fear about coming to Brazil…Cristolandia. Cristolandia is a ministry in Brasilia that evangelizes in what is known as “Crackland.” They go out and ask men on…
Oi from Brasília!
Oi! Hello from Brasília! We have spent the past week partnering with local churches and ministries in hopes of sharing the love of Jesus with the community. We served at Igreja Batista Esperança (Hope Baptist Church), and the outreach days there were super rewarding. The first day, we went door to door to reach out…
The Deep Purpose of a College Education
In his book The Idea of a College (1959), educator and Harvard chaplain D. Elton Trueblood identified the American cultural assumption regarding the purpose of higher education: “Millions, when they think of college, think primarily of one thing—how can the student be prepared most perfectly or most quickly to do the work associated with his…
