Bearings: Navigating Life-as-Ministry
April 2017

Embodying Sanctuary

Mihee Kim-Kort (). Posted in 21stCenturyMission, 21stCenturyReligion.

Skin. To learn to be comfortable in one’s skin. To teach our kids—in our families, our youth groups, our churches—to be comfortable in their skin. To teach ourselves how to be comfortable with each others’ skin. Wouldn’t that be an amazing thing? It took me a while to be comfortable in my skin. I have my moments—hours, days, even weeks and months—when I can’t... Read more

Collaborative Ministry is How We “Love One Another”

Dan De Leon (). Posted in 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission.

They would soon be facing a life-threatening winter. Overwhelming violence in Syria had forced residents from their homes with minimal belongings. Several thousand Syrian refugees were now relocated in a U.N.-sanctioned camp at Jordan. Without the warm clothing they left behind, they might not survive the harsh conditions coming their way. This was in August... Read more

Iconic Truth

Seeing Resurrection Through Tears

Ellen McGrath Smith (). Posted in 21stCenturyReligion, 21stCenturySpirituality.

With the year-in-year-out cycle of holidays—sacred and secular alike—it’s easy to think of Easter, and the resurgence of life that it celebrates, as a foregone conclusion. I remember going out to play one Good Friday afternoon when I was about 10; we kids were gathering junk in the woods to build some kind of fort. At the top of a ravine, I stopped and thought... Read more

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