Sunday Funday October 2021

Prayers and Praises

We had a really fun October—especially after a really hard September.

Praise the Lord that my parents are doing much better after being sick! Prayers for them as they recouperate from all the antibiotics and such.

Prayers for Caid as he is still really tired. We’ve just realized that this is going to be a hard, long season as he is working full-time and doing his grad program for 18 months. We are going to work together as a family to work through it, and not do too much else until it is done. And that is okay.

Praises as Sofia brought home her first official report card: all “A”s! We are really enjoying being a part of her school, which is part of our community.

Prayers for me as I struggled off and on with really missing Brazil and being in the USA for one year now. Praises as some big projects I was working on for work turned out really well, and we had a successful mission’s celebration for World Renewal.

Interweb Reads

Me stuff: What about when you don’t see the Results? podcast episode 18, The Body keeps the Score book review, Oh look: I was in the newspaper: “God is still moving” World Renewal to share updates a Mission Celebration (The Greenfield Daily Reporter)

Christian stuff: Black Christians are in a Mental Health Crisis. How can churches help? (Faithfullly Magazine), Worship music is broken. Here’s what we can do about it (Craig Greenfield), Modest is Hottest Isn’t in the Bible (Relevant), What we get wrong about Racial Reconciliation (Relevant)

Missions stuff: Money: When Cultures Collide (Rachel Pieh Jones Substack), Beware the Idols of an Overseas Life (A Life Overseas), The World as 100 Christians (Gordon Conwell), A Lament for the American Church (A Life Overseas)

Other stuff: A Whiff of Civil War in the Air (the Dispatch)