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Month: February 2015

Mission Together

Mission Together

Nicolaus Zinzendorf, the great German pastor and reformer of the 18th century, gathered together a group of Christ-followers that were known as “The Lord’s Watch”.  In 1727, this community of believers started a round the clock “prayer watch” that lasted unbroken for 100 years.  There were about 300 people in this community of faith at the beginning, and various ones covenanted to pray for one of the 24 hours in the day. In 1792, 65 years later, with the lamp of…

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Ultimate Hope

Ultimate Hope

Yesterday was a hard day.  Actually, this past week has been a hard week.  And I don’t just mean for me.  We’ve got a community, a high school, friends, family and relatives who are grieving.  The pain runs deep, especially when life is cut short.  Questions loom large and answers seem nowhere to be found.  Trying to make sense of tragedy seems to always be futile. It’s times like these that 1 Corinthians 13:12 seems like the understatement of the Bible….

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