American Missionary Fellowship

Some of us are wired to dream dreams. Some people fulfill those dreams, and some people are challenged by dreamers. I am a dreamer – always have been and probably always will be. I love to be around people who can dream.

I wish you could have been with me last Thursday morning! I got to go to a before-school Bible club with Bill and Brenda Bennett. We had to leave shortly after 6:00 a.m. in order to be there for the forty-five or fifty elementary students who attended this Bible club meeting.

Recently, I’ve had a number of discussions with people who are very passionate about certain things. The common theme through all these discussions is passion. People are passionate about things, and when they are passionate about things they have strong opinions, and those strong opinions are valuable because they are driven by a person’s passion – not bias, but a passion from their hearts about what they believe God has called us to do.

A few nights ago I had dinner with Jeff DeVault. I want to tell you, my time with Jeff was amazing. We had several common experiences, but I was overwhelmed with his sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.

“Christian community,” “being in community”, and “having community” are all buzz words right now for many people in the Christian world. What we mean when we talk about community is there’s a sense of our lives intersecting, of connecting in a way that makes sense and that brings Christ to the center. Well, I experienced community in three ways this week.