Bonding Through Jesus Across Cultural Barriers
During our first week in Brazil, we got to experience so much of the culture and build friendships with our LifeShape partners. We were immediately welcomed by the LifeShapers with open arms when we arrived at Água Viva after our two travel days. Though we spoke different languages, one of the first things we…
Glorifying God and Enjoying Him Forever
“Were the whole Earth echoing His eminence His name would burst from sea and sky From rivers to the mountain tops We’d hear Christ be magnified.” As I let the words from Wednesday’s Life Together wash over me, I couldn’t help but be humbled and awed by how immensely great God is and how deserving…
Love | Loving My Neighbor
It’s the end of the year and like most, I’m doing some reflecting. And 2020… well, let’s just all collectively say it together one more time – “it was an unprecedented year.” Plans canceled. Homes became 24/7 places of refuge. Masks were donned. Toilet paper was eliminated (like… why?). Voices protested. Pollsters challenged. People hurt….