Last month we identified an historical milepost from two hundred years ago: the conversion of Hans Nielsen Hauge of Norway, on April 5, 1796. A dynamic “Haugeaner” revival followed this singular conversion. Communities throughout the Norwegian countryside were convicted of … (read more)
Over the next few months, I hope to describe a handful of “mileposts” in the history of the World Mission Prayer League. Mileposts are useful in times of transition, such as we have before us in our own little community. … (read more)
One of the clearest, most patently obvious features of effective transitions is that (eventually) they must get somewhere. Transitions that do not land their participants in some new reality at some point along the way are not “transitions” at all. … (read more)
Over the past few months, we have reflected together on the challenges implicit in transition. Life is full of transitions, we have said. How do we find our way through? We began our reflections with an emphasis on remembering. Successful … (read more)
Life is full of transitions: we have commented on the phenomenon over the past few months. We go to school. We graduate. We may marry and have children. Perhaps we will feel the call of God upon our lives. We … (read more)
Let us return this month to the image of “horizoning.” (I made the word up; I hope that you get what I mean.) I mean lifting our eyes above the particularities of our daily challenges and circumstances, toward the sunrise. … (read more)
How do we find our way through the many and challenging passages of life? How do we successfully transition – from one phase of life to another, one place of service to some new setting, from things comfortable and familiar … (read more)
In times of transition, as we have observed, one can sometimes go wistful in an unhelpful sort of way. We may hear ourselves say, “But in the good old days….” Or, “Well, back in the day….” Or maybe, “We just … (read more)
Life is full of transitions – some large-scale, some small. We are birthed. (What a transition!) We learn to crawl, and often then to walk. We may meet the Savior of the world – and come to have a role … (read more)
The World Mission Prayer League is a “Lutheran community in mission,” as you will have discovered by now (Handbook, 13). Over the past few months we have reviewed the basic tenets of this faith identity: we are saved only by … (read more)