Reflections from Jarrett Meek, MDivPastor/Executive Director/Founder, Mission Adelante, Inc https://youtu.be/oY19epoOqLw Mission Adelante did a survey of their Kansas City community during the first week of the "stay-at-home" order and found some sobering realities. There were [...]Read More
Building Bridges of Justice
by Christina Foor “The bridges have closed.” We heard this untimely news at the "Voices from the Desert Conference", our Southwest Border Region’s Conference in February this year. Hours before, the “Remain in Mexico” Policy had been blocked in federal court. The atmosphere at the [...]Read More
Lent Week 7: Fostering Intimacy with Christ
Humility 21 A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). Mark 15:21-22 I’ll be honest, [...]Read More
Lent Week 6: Fostering Intimacy With Christ
Serving in the Time of Anguish! Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and [...]Read More
What are God’s People to Do in Times Like These?
This week has been a challenging one as we have dealt with the reality of what is required to prevent a devastating COVID-19 outbreak in our country. What does Christian courage look like in these challenging times? How do we help ensure that the most vulnerable in our communities are [...]Read More
Lent Week 5: Fostering Intimacy With Christ
Preparation – Some Prayers Take Time 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be [...]Read More
Lent Week 4: Fostering Intimacy With Christ
The Witness of Grace & Generosity “And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For [...]Read More
Lent Week 3: Fostering Intimacy with Christ
Hope in the Ashes Two weeks ago, I found myself standing in my bathroom looking in the mirror. I couldn’t take my eyes off of my forehead. Emblazoned on my head was a dark, ashen cross; a reminder of my frailty and limitations. A visual to cue me in to the brokenness of the world, lest I [...]Read More