Photo by Michaela Potterbaum Sometimes I think to myself: Why did I move to Florida? Florida is hot, humid, there are no mountains and pretty much no seasons (all things I personally love). This is a question I’ve been asked a lot. To a non-Christian, it sounds foolish to say “God told me to…
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It was a Sunday morning, and we flagged down a taxi from the metro to head for church, but this morning was not going to be a normal Sunday. Our driver was a 50-year-old man we’ll call Ibrahim. I told him we needed to get to the Kanisa (church) and asked if he knew what that was. A…
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During a time of prayer for the incoming college-age students of our missions training, one of my friends wrote down this prayer: “These students will be filled with wisdom and discernment, for age does not determine these things; God does.” This got my mind rolling. There are so many different perspectives on how age can…
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Risk-taking in no way comes naturally to me. It’s as un-natural as ketchup on Chick-fil-A fries. Trying new things can sometimes be like riding a unicycle on a tight-rope stretched across two skyscrapers – can I get an amen? But in many cases, the reward lies with the risk. I know what you’re thinking.…
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I think we look at people sometimes and draw up conclusions in our mind about them, letting our own tainted perceptions and judgment creep in. For the longest time, that was how I was with all people from the Middle East. I had them in a distant box labeled “radical” or “scary” because I, sadly,…
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Passion. Our generation is driven by passion. I believe that, perhaps more than ever before, we want to live a life we love, living out our passion and making a difference through it, and we’re willing to do anything to make that happen. Whether we are passionate about creating art, starting our own business, making…
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