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Erin's Journey: God is Love.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010. This is what I spoke at Vibrant today. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.". God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 8221; I also struggle with the concept of short-term missions trips and how they have been abused in our Christian culture. Ten years ago, I went to Tanzania and the people taught me what it meant to BE, and how to be still and silent, rather than always DO. This lesson wa...
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Erin's Journey: February 2010
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Sunday, February 21, 2010. This is what I spoke at Vibrant today. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.". God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 8221; I also struggle with the concept of short-term missions trips and how they have been abused in our Christian culture. Ten years ago, I went to Tanzania and the people taught me what it meant to BE, and how to be still and silent, rather than always DO. This lesson wa...
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Erin's Journey: Thoughts on “Short Term Missions”
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Thoughts on “Short Term Missions”. December 17, 2007. There is a big and healthy debate about the impact, quality, and effectiveness of “Shor-Term Missions.” The term as I’m using it in this paper can be defined as the following:. A group of people traveling to an area in the world for a short period (2-4 weeks) for the purpose of sharing their lives and faith with the local people or missionaries of that region. Many times they are used as a spiritualized vacation time. We at ...
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Erin's Journey: What I might be doing in Dodoma
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010. What I might be doing in Dodoma. Keeping the Vibrant-Tanzania church connection strong and healthy. Continuing friendships begun during the Vibrant '08 and '09 trips. Dialoguing with CV and Amos about further trips and connections (pastors). Spending time at the church and volunteering with the various projects. Going out into the community to listen and learn from the people. Spending time in the hospitals seeing the needs and local structure. Live with one of the local staff.
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Erin's Journey: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Speed dating for Christians was a huge success! Was a huge success! I'm going to do another one in May. Then in June, we'll start raising money for other non-profits in Portland. A couple of my girlfriends in Salem are going to host Bunco nights to raise money and my friend's sweet 13 year old daughter is going host a Wii game night with her friends to raise money. I love it! Thank you everyone who has supported me already! I have my first Lahash training this Friday night.
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Erin's Journey: Reflections on Christian Leadership
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Saturday, April 17, 2010. Reflections on Christian Leadership. In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen. Nouwen was a Catholic priest and writer. Who authored 40 books on the spiritual life. After nearly two decades of teaching at the Menninger Foundation. Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, and at the University of Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard. He went to share his life with mentally handicapped people at the L'Arche. Community of Daybreak in Toronto, Canada.". Knowing God's heart means consistently, radically, and ...
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Erin's Journey: The Widow's Offering
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Sunday, March 21, 2010. These are the words I spoke at Vibrant as I led the congregation into Communion. Mark 12:41-44 The Widow’s Offering. Vs 41: Jesus sat down near the collection box in the temple and watched as the crowds dropped in their money. I honestly never looked at this passage through the eyes of injustice, yet it seemed so obvious; how could I have missed it. A friend of mine, who works for an organization called Mission Year, sends out a newsletter each month. The same day I was studyi...
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Erin's Journey: Passport
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Thursday, April 22, 2010. Renewing my passport was a bit of an ordeal. I set my old passport out months ago, so I wouldn't forget to renew it. However, when it came time to apply I couldn't find it anywhere. I called my mom in Arizona and asked her to FedEx my birth certificate. The day after I got my birth certificate, I found my old passport! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Grace and Healing Ministry. Jim and Annette's Travels. Rice and Beans Website. Rice and Beans Blog.
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Erin's Journey: Tanzania 2000
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Route: Dar es Salaam, Arusha. National Park, Ngorogoro. Conservation Area, and our last stop was a little town along the northern coast of Tanzania where we snorkeled. In the Indian Ocean, maybe Tanga. These are some of the pictures from my Tanzania 2000 scrapbook. Top left: A girl named Gracious, from the secondary school, befriended us. That's me on the left. Top right: We spent some time talking with some folks from the local bible college in Babati. Jim and Annette's Travels.
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Erin's Journey: The Present of Presence
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010. The Present of Presence. The Present of Presence - by Dan Holcomb, Lahash Founder. On our last trip to Kenya, we were sharing a conversation with our friend and partner Edwin Angote. We had been talking about the costs of traveling to East Africa - and Erin asked him a question. "Would you prefer that people from the West use money to travel and visit vulnerable friends here - or is it better that the travel money is directed toward the most pressing needs? Thank you for partne...
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