by jtrotter1 | Aug 29, 2020 | spiritual formation
Working in a lower-income urban neighborhood with a large Bhutanese-Nepali immigrant population, trying to plant a church and do community collaborative work is not exactly what a blind white guy like me dreams of doing. Little predictability, little control, and just...
by jtrotter1 | Aug 23, 2020 | spiritual formation
Life is sort of a funny thing in how it takes you through times and seasons. It is no exaggeration when some people say they are not the same person they were in high school or when they got married many years ago. I am now stepping into a new life of work and mission...
by jtrotter1 | Dec 17, 2019 | spiritual formation
Advent. The weeks leading up to Christmas that mark the Church’s 1500-year-old practice of anticipating the coming of Jesus. We look back at the longing of hope the Israelites had in ages past while looking forward to the second coming of Christ when all the tension...
by jtrotter1 | Jan 19, 2019 | spiritual formation
Every once in awhile we have a moment in our lives that sets us back on our heels and sort of freezes time. I still remember the way the room felt and the echoes of the Skype call off of My Nepal tiled apartment when I received the phone call to tell me my mom was...
by jtrotter1 | Apr 26, 2018 | missiology, spiritual formation
How many times have you checked Facebook today? Refreshed your email? Snapped a photo? In the midst of trying to find the right sound byte or camera angle, I just wonder how many moments of actual life are missed. Maybe I’m old school but spending so much...
by jtrotter1 | Apr 1, 2018 | spiritual formation
A few years ago, all the posts around Easter time sort of took me to a new place on the magnitude of the Easter event. Seeing people’s favorite song, memory, or Scripture literally from every corner of the globe put me back on my heels a bit, recognizing how...
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