Month: May 2011

One Minister’s Musings June 2, 2011 The air was damp from yet another rainstorm. The sky was dark with heavy clouds sweeping to the east. The wind was blowing hard at the car, pushing it across the lanes. I was driving.  Driving to get away from it all. And, I was driving to get into…

One Minister’s Musings May, 2011 When we were in Santa Emilia, a group of people from a congregation in Oklahoma was building a house for a poor family in the village. We watched them clear the land and dig the ground to set a foundation for the small house. On each corner, a squared metal…

One Minister’s Musings May 23, 2011 A giant blue fish now sits in the front lawn of the campus center. It is waiting to catch a few bikes as it dramatically catches the eye of many people walking past the center. This giant fish-shaped metal sculpture is an easily recognized symbol of being Christian.  It…

One Minister’s Musing Holy Week, 2011 We gather during Holy Week as God’s blessed people, ready for a journey that’s central to our faith. Generation upon generation has affirmed this walk with Jesus into Jerusalem, through the passion, up the hill to Golgotha, into the silence of the tomb and then, life, new life on…

One Minister’s Musings April 7, 2011 Monday of the trip: I was walking back from an afternoon of interacting with school children and learning from the leadership of Santa Emilia about their vision for education in the village. My brain was busy sorting through the ideas shared, the enthusiasm of a poor community about the…