Thanks to my friend and traveling companion Doug Patterson for sharing this video of our trip to Russia May 18-28. Doug did a fabulous job of capturing both the highlights of our adventure and the relationships we formed. The bulk of Doug's video is from our time in Ivanovo, but you'll also see footage from … Continue reading Ivanovo 2013 Video (by Doug Patterson)
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From Russia With Love Part 2: Love Wins (with a little help from a hockey fan)
It’s now just a little over 36 hours since I arrived home from an amazing adventure to spend some time and hopefully leak a little bit of Jesus into the lives of a group of teenage orphans in the city of Ivanovo in north-central Russia. Even now it’s difficult to articulate the experience of being … Continue reading From Russia With Love Part 2: Love Wins (with a little help from a hockey fan)
A Minute Ago
A minute ago everything happened all at once.A minute ago I came kicking, bawling, gasping into the air full of questions and answers.A minute ago I made my first friend in a playpen on her mom’s porch speaking languages we didn’t know. We’re still friends because we remember what we said in a playpen on … Continue reading A Minute Ago
Why supporting gay rights is the most Christian thing I can do
There’s a story in the Bible where Jesus talks about a field where a man planted a crop of wheat. While he was sleeping, an enemy snuck into the field and planted weeds. The wheat and the weeds grew together, intermingled. The man’s servants offered to pick through the field and remove all the weeds. … Continue reading Why supporting gay rights is the most Christian thing I can do
To Russia With Love
In just a little less than two months, I will be traveling with a team to Ivanovo, Russia, to work at a ministry center for older orphans--teenagers and young adults who have recently exited the Russian orphanage system. While orphans everywhere face innumerable challenges, orphans in Russia are especially vulnerable. Many find themselves lost in … Continue reading To Russia With Love
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