Getting out the building!

Please read these statistics and then contemplate what is stirred up in you. 

“Christ met unbelievers where they were. He realized what many Christians today still don't seem to understand. Cultivators have to get out in the field. According to one count, the gospels record 132 contacts that Jesus had with people. Six were in the Temple, four in the synagogues and 122 were out with the people in the mainstream of life.” - J.K. Johnston

Our calling as followers of Jesus, is not just to gather in our religious buildings, but to go where the people are. If this was Jesus' modus operandi, then it should also be ours. I think that part of our difficulty, is that we have got used to speaking and acting in our comfortable "church" spaces, but we don't really know how to be authentic Christ-followers in public spaces. 

Thought: Jesus was the same person in public, as he was in the Temple or in his home. 

Mark 16:15 - "He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."

Living in Grace

D3LM3

Our travelling stories - check it out!

Forest path in the Spanish province of Asturias

As you may be aware my sabbatical included a lot of different experiences - some of these included the privilege of travelling to Spain (walking the Camino) and hiking in beautiful parts of our South Africa. In order to try and share some of these experiences I have created a website called Travelling Eden. If you are interested in these stories and in any of my ongoing adventures, please pop over to the site and have a look. I would really appreciate it. 

Thanks for your support and encouragement.

Living in Grace

D3LM3

Here is the world - Beautiful and Terrible things will happen. Don't be Afraid.

 

Frederick Buechner passed away this week at the age of 96. He was a remarkable preacher, theologian, writer, novelist and so much more. His words will live on long after he has been laid to rest. I would like to share a few of this thoughts with us today. May they inspire us all to live fuller lives.

"Go where your best prayers take you."

“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.”

And this one, which I used in a blog a few months back...

“Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day’s chalking.”

May Frederick rest in peace.

Living in Grace

D3LM3