On Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15, I shared Jeff and I’s calling to Malawi in six worship services at St. Joseph United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne. St. Joe is our home church – Jeff grew up there, was confirmed there, and eventually where we married. Our family went to St. Joe when [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Communion at St. Joe UMC
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
emptying and filling
Posted in Uncategorized on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“A cup is a container for holding something. Whatever it holds has to eventually be emptied out so that something more can be put into it. I have learned that I cannot always expect my life to be full. There has to be some emptying, some pouring out, if I am to make room for [...]
From my journal
Posted in Uncategorized on March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
These are journal entries in the first couple days of our trip to Malawi… 7 February 2009, on the planeWe are two hours from Johannesburg… I’m not even sure how I feel. As we landed in Dakar, Senegal to refuel two hours ago I just couldn’t believe that we are on the other side of [...]
The Valley of Dry Bones
Posted in Uncategorized on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A sermon delivered at Evening DevotionMalawi UMC Pastor’s Training13 February 2009 Ezekiel 37: 1 – 10“The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; [...]
