Thinking About God

INVITATION

Holidays, Advent, Thinking About GodJanuary 13, 2023456Views 0Likes 0Comments

They came in slowly at first, the ones we’ve been connecting with all year. Our friends facing addictions and trauma. The dear ones who are scrambling up the slope of healing from exploitation and years of abandonment, when hope slides away like rocks under their feet. The climb is steep and lonely and we’ve been…

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO FOR OTHERS?

A New Dawn, Thinking About GodAugust 12, 2022369Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today’s blog is shared by Christopher, our New Dawn Residential Program Director. If you daily ask yourself what you are willing to do for others, you may come to find that your love for others becomes so great that it leads you to do the impossible. In the Bible, we find a similar story where…

THOSE WHO SOW IN LOVE WILL HARVEST LOVE

Advent, Thinking About God, Urban MinistryFebruary 22, 2022397Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today’s blog was written by Katia Peña, one of our case coordinators in the Lighthouse Resource Center. Recently, I have seen how bountiful a harvest can be if we sow with love, and the blessings we can reap have been surprising. Sowing with love means keeping our commitment to God to share his love with…

GOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Advent, Thinking About GodDecember 20, 2021230Views 0Likes 0Comments

“The Word became flesh and blood , and moved into the neighborhood.” -John 1:14, the Message At Christmas, we celebrate the fact that Jesus moved into our neighborhood on a quiet night, in a humble and unassuming way. He stepped from the glory of heaven and down into the dirt and sorrow of life on…

TRADING TEARS FOR FREEDOM

Human Trafficking, Advent, Thinking About GodNovember 24, 2021328Views 0Likes 0Comments

I remember the first time I met her. She cried, held tight by invisible chains of trauma, exploitation, fear, and unspeakable loss. Life pushed down so hard on her that the sheer weight of it made it hard for her take a deep breath. Everyday was a battle. The tears and the anger. Committment to a…

REBORN

Advent, Thinking About GodAugust 31, 2021234Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today’s guest blogger is MTES staff member, Cecilia Leiva de Benavides. Thank you Cecy for sharing! When we were little and talked to our siblings about what “super power” we wanted to have, there was one power that was the most desired, and that was to go back and travel through time. I think that…