Observe what the World is saying about the conflict in Gaza

Find out more here:

Or look at more newspapers here:

5 great links about Women: Darfur, Honor Killings, Muslim Women, and 2 others.

Do you know any women? Maybe you are one? These 5 links will blow your mind and deepen your heart with some of these critical issues in our World today. Would you consider using these as ways to pray? Please ask the Lord of the Harvest to raise up workers for these harvest fields . . .

Darfur Daily News

International Campaign Against Honor Killings

The Muslim Woman

World Pulse Magazine

Women Network News

What is your response to these pages?
What do you feel when you see these pages?

Prayer Changing the World

Once again, an amazing prayer site to put in your references list. This is put together by a combination of some great ministies: 24-7 Prayer and Operation World. Interactive. Up-to-date. Easy to use. Colorful.



24-7 Operation World Prayer Guide

Custom Ministry trip for your Family

“How can I go with my family to do missions?” a friend recently asked through an email.

Here are the things you need to know:
1) use this form http://omusa.org/inquire-form-custom-trips.html to ask your questions and start the process
2) use this list to get a general idea of where to go short-term: http://omusa.org/go/short-term/
3) You have two options of “how” to serve. One is to go do a wide variety of ministries and help with what needs helped with . . . the second option is to use skills or a specific talent.
        General Ministry (see above list)
        Specific Skill Ministry (http://omusa.org/go/custom-trips/ideas.html)

Hope this helps!
See you overseas.
michael

Orissa India Update

Joseph D’Souza is an advocate and voice for the Dalit people of India. He is being used by God--Joseph is brilliant. I’ve had the privelige to spending some time with him and can highly recommend you follow what he is doing, is saying, and is asking the Body of Christ to do. He started something call the Dalit Freedom Network . Also, you can read some of his blog thoughts at josephdsouza.com.

Here is a BBC interview with him you won’t want to miss. How do you respond in prayer and action when you see this?

click here for video

Sometimes we feel like a penguin

In our World of relationships we know people, yet sometimes we feel disconnected to them. We want to do the right thing . . . know and serve God . . . but sometimes we feel a little lost . . . like this penguin. When have you felt like this? What did you feel? What did you do?

Just discovered Carl who proclaims Jesus, not Christianity.

An acquaintance pointed me to Carl M. You can learn more and check his stories from the Middle East here: http://www.carlmedearis.com/


(Don’t know what this pic is supposed to do for our theology and understanding of God and ourselves. Do we hold the World? Does God hold the World? If we had sharp finger nails, would this carve the next Grand Canyon?)

I hope you are intrigued, inspired, and pointed to Jesus by Carl’s desire to NOT share Christianity. Instead he tells people about Jesus while pleading ignorance to Christianity.

I don’t use the word Bible.
I don’t say I’m a Christian.
Jesus wasn’t even a Christian.
But who is Jesus?
Let’s do talk about him.


Now, imagine if you could do this in the Middle East or around the globe? or down the street or at the local pub?
What kind of response would you get?

Let’s find out.
Are you in?

Delighting in Beautiful Photography

While I rarely return to a webpage everyday . . . this one has been getting me back. Check it out: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/

here is a sneak peak for today’s post highlighting Bhutan.

History and my future

The church I grew up in deeply moves my emotions, especially when I think of the people who invested their lives into mine. They deposited every week, probably under discouragement and challenges. Our sunday school classes were usually no more than 8 and there were a few trouble make students. These teachers continued each week returning to the children--one of whom was me!

Today I got in front of them to say thank you. I stood and after mentioning one name, I began bawling. For those who were there--it seems this happens most times I return to speak at this church--I get emotionally charged and then I release.



These last few years I’ve been wanting to GET whatever is on God’s heart. This has been a pursuit of mine! I just want it--sure there are barriers like business, apathy, and the volume of life turned up too loudly, BUT I do want it.

thought or prayer for you, your friends, and me:

turn down the volume.
listen to heart of God.
feast on His delights.
dream of the divine.

his heart for all nations.
to know and worship Him.
prepare more than your heart.
to encounter more than His.

injustice, pain and sin
wreak havoc on their life.
while mine seems calm and peaceful
God impart your heart in mine.

Ignoring all around me
seems the easier way out.
than changing our own World
God’s Kingdom will resound.

Life turns out busy.
people. tasks. driving and fun.
making space for God’s life.
Harder and worth it.

Worldview and your picture frame

Does short-term missions work?

if you stop with short-term missions it become a cul-de-sac.


what about Rick Warren’s PEACE plan

What is the PEACE Plan?

Does it stop there? Where does it go from here?

ideas about this blog and what we do

Mission catalyst blog.
Life on Mission
Resourcing your Church
Resourcing your peers with missions.
Resource your friends with missions.

Prayer.
Dreams.
Restoring Hope.

Facts & Stories of Missions unleashed.
Joining God on Mission

GO YE: numbers and stories of the Great Commission.
GOYE: Facts & stories of God’s global purposes.

Catalize Mission.

Vision.
Passion.
Conviction.
Purpose.
Fulfillment.
Relationship.
Resources.
Transformation.
Change.
Clarity.
Stories.
Facts.
Fresh ideas.

Fresh Missional Ideas.

Free Mission Ideas.

Free the captives.
1) others.
2) ourselves.

Come with us. Use your gifts. Tell your story.


Mission Mobilizer.

Journeying to the heart of God

We are on a journey to the heart of God, seeking to know this Jesus Christ of the Bible. He is mysterious, simple, beautiful, and friend. What he asks of us is everything. We hold back . . . for a while. Jesus

Serving, mobilizing and equipping others to know Jesus Christ and make him known.

We encourage people to faith steps beyond themselves and living a life of discipleship. Our hearts ache for those who have no voice and no one to tell them about Jesus Christ.

We are staff with Operation Mobilization sent out by ministry partners and a few local churches.

"Take my life" :: Afghanistan

At 8 AM yesterday morning, October 20, 2008, Afghanistan time, a worker
with another ministry was shot and killed.  The Taliban has claimed
responsibility.
 
You can take from me no more than my life.--Offrus Greizinger

Oh, how easy it is to be a Christian, so long as the flesh is not put to the trial,
or nothing has to be relinquished; then it is an easy thing to be a Christian.
                                                          --Maeyken Wens

Thus they sang until close to the water's edge, where they were to be drowned.
                                                       --Jacob Mandel and Hendrick Sumer

I am ready to suffer my head to be struck off, much rather than apostatize from
my faith. --Hans Haslibacher

Soul Food is a side dish of www.chipkirk.com. 

Leadership instinct, funny bone, and a trumpet.

The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone.
You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.
-Elaine Agather

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision.
You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
-Theodore M. Hesburgh

The three legs on which trust stands are character, competence, and communication.
Much effort is put on competence and communication but character building does not receive as much attention.