In early 2021 I felt the Lord leading me to learn more about childhood trauma and it’s long term impact on people. I’ve taken a few courses, read several books, and become more familiar with the lasting damage that trauma, especially in childhood, can cause. In the process I came across the Adverse Childhood Experiences […]
Archive | Victories
Victories: The Good News the Lord has revealed to us among the needy and those in Satan’s grasp.
Jesus Transforms
Have you ever seen a fork where the tines were so twisted or blunted from someone using or abusing it that it no longer served to pick up food? Or maybe a spoon that someone deliberately twisted so badly it could never be straightened again? What happens to those utensils? Where do they go? You […]
A Street Christmas 2020
What a year 2020 has been, right? With all the pandemic restrictions and quarantines we had to suspend our Sunday worship services in Derby Park and a lot of our help to the homeless. Our partner organization Christland continued serving meals to the homeless and providing recovery services for the chemically dependent, but they too […]
Blessed are the Hearts
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat…” Matthew 25:35 Of all the miracles Jesus performed, I think one of the most sacred was feeding people who were hungry because they were following him. What catches our attention in the feeding of the 5,000 is the miracle of multiplying loaves and fishes. […]
Ongoing Leadership Training
Dear Praying Friends, Week before last we concluded our second online International Leadership Institute (ILI) leadership training seminar via Zoom. This time, along with teachers we averaged 30 participants each day, with 23 students completing the course and another five repeating in preparation to collaborate in future courses with their local leaders. We had leaders […]