Reflections from Friday

For those who read this blog and attended Grace Point Church on October 11, 2009, you met one of my dearest and closest friends, Friday Siyambamba, a Zambian church planter.  God enabled Friday, through His divine hand and provision, to come and be with us for a short visit.  My family and I have been able to share the past five days with him through reconnecting, pouring into each other, and...

Dancing and Singing with the Nations

Watch this video and pray through the nations and the peoples of the world.  Believe and pray in faith that one day “a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing [maybe dancing] before the throne and before the Lamb.” (Revelation 7:9) People from each of the 42 nations in this video will stand, fall or dance...

Thank You Ralph Winters

To be a blog about advancing the life, mission and kingdom of God beyond borders and not stop and honor the legacy of one of the 20th centuries greatest missional minds would be wrong. Though I never met Ralph Winters face to face, I have met him in the printed text. I have been to the Center for World Missions in Pasadena, CA, I have purchased many of his resources for Grace Point Beyond Borders...

An Imam and a Pastor Engage in a Conversation

Day 5 Throughout our days on this trip, God continued to allow me to engage in conversations with Muslims. I have had conversations with Muslim men often in my travels, but never so often or at this level. My last two days in the bush gave me the opportunity to sit down with the retired Imam of the village. (An Imam is the Muslim leader of the village.) It was a first for me to be able to talk...

Camels and Travelers From Afar

Day 4 Who doesn’t enjoy a good camel ride? We were in the process of getting started in the day, when randomly 2 camels and their owners came through the village. The Malians weren’t near as impressed with the site as we 5 pale faced Americans were. They were nomads traveling North to Timbuktu (yes, it is a real place in Mali). We moved quickly to greet the nomads and brokered a deal...