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Send in the Missionaries! | Use the Faith You've Found
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Use the Faith You've Found. Figuring out how to live a life that reflects justice, mercy, and humility. Send in the Missionaries! This entry was posted on September 18, 2014 and tagged abuse. We had an interesting experience this week at Branches, one that involved an unexpected visit from a young woman who had trauma in her past and who asked Branches to help in her healing process. My good friend and fellow missionary Hillary Taylor. There Be Method To Madness. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Join 59 other...
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When God Asks You to Do Car Loans | Use the Faith You've Found
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Use the Faith You've Found. Figuring out how to live a life that reflects justice, mercy, and humility. When God Asks You to Do Car Loans. This entry was posted on April 24, 2015 and tagged Branches. My name is Anna Gill and I am a missionary serving through the United Methodist Church. I am in a program called Global Mission Fellows. When I began the Global Mission Fellows program, I had certain ideas about what mission was supposed to be:. Spiritual work, not secular work. Of what mission work can be&#...
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Use the Faith You've Found | Figuring out how to live a life that reflects justice, mercy, and humility. | Page 2
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Use the Faith You've Found. Figuring out how to live a life that reflects justice, mercy, and humility. Tribute to My Mom. I’m going to take a departure from my usual mission musings to thank a person who has had a huge impact on my mission work and the rest of my life: my mom, Minda. Most mothers like to keep their kids close. You know, at least in the same country. My mom is no exception. … Continue reading →. Love Langauges of God. What Are You Doing Here? What are you doing here? Someday, I want to l...
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Here and Now | Use the Faith You've Found
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Use the Faith You've Found. Figuring out how to live a life that reflects justice, mercy, and humility. This entry was posted on August 16, 2014 and tagged apologizing. If I want to be completely honest, the reason is that I have spent way too much time apologizing for what this experience. Instead of celebrating it for what it. What “mission work” meant in Grenada was a little easier to explain. It looked like going to a foreign country. It looked like teaching. It looked like fe...A running theme of th...
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Becoming More Clearly Ourselves | Use the Faith You've Found
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Use the Faith You've Found. Figuring out how to live a life that reflects justice, mercy, and humility. Becoming More Clearly Ourselves. This entry was posted on August 3, 2015 and tagged Becoming. Citing his own transformative experience as a young adult missionary, Thomas Kemper said these words to the soon-to-be-commissioned missionaries:. Commissioning at Aldersgate UMC in Alexandria, VA on August 3, 2012. At the time of our commissioning, I doubt that many of my US-2 and Mission Intern counterparts ...
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Gratitude | Use the Faith You've Found
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Use the Faith You've Found. Figuring out how to live a life that reflects justice, mercy, and humility. This entry was posted on December 8, 2014 and tagged Branches. What is your favorite holiday? I would have to say that mine is Thanksgiving. I am a self-proclaimed “foodie,” so that of course is part of it. I also appreciate the sentiments behind this holiday: joining with family and friends to take stock of all the things we have to be grateful for. Thanksgiving #1: Climb middle school program. I did ...
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Waiting Expectantly | Use the Faith You've Found
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Use the Faith You've Found. Figuring out how to live a life that reflects justice, mercy, and humility. This entry was posted on November 12, 2014 and tagged Branches. It happened again, folks. Blogging took a backseat for a while, because I’ve been busy and distracted and because the things I have had on my mind have not really been “blog worthy” as of late. I don’t have answers to the. What am I supposed to be learning from this? No Just, no. My coworker Sandra assisting a client with their taxes.
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Sharing My Story | Use the Faith You've Found
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Use the Faith You've Found. Figuring out how to live a life that reflects justice, mercy, and humility. This entry was posted on February 5, 2015 and tagged church. I have decided that I would like to return to school in the fall to study international development and theology– a strange combination, unless you’ve spent three years as a missionary, in which case it makes perfect sense! One thought on “ Sharing My Story. February 6, 2015 at 6:26 PM. Anna, I continue to be amazed by your ability to express...
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Manifesto Of Love: Thomas Kemper Address to Global Ministries Directors
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Meditations of Heart and Mind. Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Thomas Kemper Address to Global Ministries Directors. Thomas Kemper Address to Global Ministries Directors. General Secretary’s Report. October 22, 2012. A Covenant of Hope in Mission. Welcome and Contextual Matters:. I A Covenant of Hope. As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Where shall I come and behold the face of God? 8221; (Psalm 42:1-3). Strengthen, develop, and ...
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Uneducated: Reflections on life, ministry, and friendship: July 2013
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Uneducated: Reflections on life, ministry, and friendship. Support Allen and other missionaries by clicking here. Sign up for Allen's newsletter by clicking here. Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Injustice, Profiling, and Racism. This last weekend George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin. As a Christian, this is terrifying. It's a theology of God using us to met out judgement. It's a theology that is as wrong as it is dangerous. And it's the theology of a man who killed a t...Justice w...
