I'm thinking about it, but not making any promises...yet

A few days after my last blog, I started a new "job" with Wycliffe. These first months in a role filled with extraoridanary opportunities to grow and learn as well as to make an impact on things that have eternal significance have been a transition challenge. No surprise there. For those weeks when I had to straddle two universes (the old and the new) and make progress in both, I found that late-light blogging had little appeal. With "miles to go before I sleep" -- or at least before I hear myself saying things like "I think I need a new challenge" -- I do think I'm ready to start stringing words together. So, maybe I'll be back here with some consistency again. Maybe.

Mission Network News

Wycliffe regularly shares ministry updates with our friends at Mission Network News (MNN). Once in a while, I do the interview. Because these interviews (or snippets from them) air on Moody (and other Christian) radio stations across the US, sometimes you (or others who know me) hear me. I've never heard myself except via the MP3 format...that would be strange to be driving down the road and hear my own voice on the radio. Hmmm.

[If you want to read or listen to these news stories, click on the title of this entry and you'll be whisked away to the MNN website. I've unashamedly pointed you to Wycliffe's page on their site -- but you can navigate around from there to see other stories from other organizations.]

...for free (continued)

Neither the hair shirt or the soft birth will do. The place where God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

- Frederick Buechner

Me? I love to facilitate the "ah hah" moment. It's a huge part of why I loved teaching high school and why I've loved being a part of the communications team for Wycliffe USA. I've loved leading short-term missions trips, in part, because of this almost certain thing too.

I've found that whenever I'm obedient to God's call on my life -- whether it has been a call for a long or short season -- the "ah hah" seems to be involved. Often to my initial surprise. Often creating a personal ah hah or two along the way. And there, walking in obedience, I do find this meeting of my deep gladness and the world's hunger. Somehow, God orchestrates the universe so that each on of us is created for and called to a something that, when we follow, is fulfilling and is also true service. Maybe this is what a "spiritual act of worship" is all about in Romans 12.