last night we celebrated the couple of seniors that have been involved in our community that are graduating at the semester. as part of the time, we asked each of them to share a little bit about their spiritual growth during their time in college and what has been the most formative for them.
one of our seniors was a member of our mission team to build a house in juarez, mx with casas por cristo. and last night he shared about the impact the experience had on him...it was a refreshing reminder to me of how God uses missions to not only change the places and people we serve, but also to change us and the way we see the world.
he talked about the impact that a pregnant woman's excitement about her baby made on him. about how their appreciation of life blew him away. and about how we are far more than americans...we are members of the body of Christ.
the whole time of sharing was incredibly refreshing and an incredible reminder that God is at work in this place in awesome ways. there is much more work to be done...and i am sure much that we could be doing better, but God is certainly doing his thing!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
An Inspiring Place...
a couple of days ago i got a chance to sit around for a few hours at greyhouse coffee and supply co...the coffee shop that is owned and operated by the campus house at purdue.
it was nothing short of an incredibly inspiring and energizing time. to be in a creative atmosphere like that is so exciting for me.
i feel more and more drawn all the time to the idea of restoring the shalom of God to the world...and that is exactly what i feel like is happening at greyhouse. i get really intrigued and really excited about being part of something similar to that at some point in this journey that God has me on.
i don't know that it would have to be a coffee shop (though i would absolutely love for it to be)...i was talking with a student the other day about the idea of creating an art studio type of a place to attract art students and folks of that type to come to. i don't know for sure what it might be...but i certainly know that i am very attracted to the idea of thinking about it and dreaming about the possibilities.
one thing that i am feeling a need to think through with this type of idea here at ucm is just simply the idea of what would work at this type of a university. at this size university and in this size of a town. i am not exactly sure...but i certainly want to be dreaming about it for sure.
i must confess and admit that i don't feel like cailyn and i spend nearly enough time dreaming and more than that, praying, about ideas and possibilities like these. i want very much to be living in and making the most of today...but i also want to be thinking about dreaming about and most importantly praying about what God's plan might include for us in the future.
it was nothing short of an incredibly inspiring and energizing time. to be in a creative atmosphere like that is so exciting for me.
i feel more and more drawn all the time to the idea of restoring the shalom of God to the world...and that is exactly what i feel like is happening at greyhouse. i get really intrigued and really excited about being part of something similar to that at some point in this journey that God has me on.
i don't know that it would have to be a coffee shop (though i would absolutely love for it to be)...i was talking with a student the other day about the idea of creating an art studio type of a place to attract art students and folks of that type to come to. i don't know for sure what it might be...but i certainly know that i am very attracted to the idea of thinking about it and dreaming about the possibilities.
one thing that i am feeling a need to think through with this type of idea here at ucm is just simply the idea of what would work at this type of a university. at this size university and in this size of a town. i am not exactly sure...but i certainly want to be dreaming about it for sure.
i must confess and admit that i don't feel like cailyn and i spend nearly enough time dreaming and more than that, praying, about ideas and possibilities like these. i want very much to be living in and making the most of today...but i also want to be thinking about dreaming about and most importantly praying about what God's plan might include for us in the future.
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