By: Min. Timmeon Spencer, Field Global Missions Coordinator In our previous post , we highlighted what God has done through Missions Without Limits in Caribbean Field, especially focusing on Barbados. Now we turn our attention to two other countries impacted by the event: French Guiana and Guyana. French Guiana A team of 11 people in... Continue Reading →
Mesoamerica Caribbean Field Deployed in Mission Without Limits: Focus on Barbados
By: Min. Timmeon Spencer, Field Global Missions Coordinator As we look back on 2021, and forward to the strategies and plans God is orchestrating for 2022, we have noted how God is at work in the follow-up of many key events from last year. In the coming days, we will share various encouraging testimonies from... Continue Reading →
10 Personal Questions to Help You Start The New Year Well
By: Dan Reiland Reflection is good for the soul. Personal reflection is even better if you act on it. You may not be an “end of the year – take a two-day retreat in the mountains” kind of person. I’m not either. I can think through and process these questions in the time it would... Continue Reading →
An Update On Genesis
By: Scott Armstrong In the Mesoamerica Region of the Church of the Nazarene, we dedicate the month of January every year to the promotion, prayer and giving for the Genesis ministry. NMI (Nazarene Missions International), under the leadership of Ana María Crocker, has truly led the way in prioritizing this emphasis, and for that we... Continue Reading →
“New Year, New Me; Same Me Though”
By: Scott Armstrong I’m a basketball fan. And I’m a missionary. So when I came across this gem of an interview with Charlotte Hornets’ guard, LaMelo Ball, at the end of his final game of 2021, I was ecstatic. The first part of the interview is just regular drivel that players say when they want... Continue Reading →
Spit and Christmas: Why does Jesus Use Spit to Heal in Three of His Miracles, and How Does it Relate to This Season?
By: Scott Armstrong There may be nothing grosser – and nothing more debasing – than getting spit on. I once saw a player spit on an opponent in a soccer game. Things did not go well after that. Fisticuffs, red cards, and more. It was a complete disregard for the other team and the opposite... Continue Reading →
The Pandemic and the Last Candle in the Advent Wreathe
By: Rob Prince The following article was taken from https://robprinceblog.com/2021/12/16/the-pandemic-and-the-last-candle-in-the-advent-wreathe/ The last of the four candles of Advent wreathe will be lit in churches all over the world on Sunday. If it’s like at our church, somewhere in the service a family or individual will read a passage of scripture, remind us of the candle’s... Continue Reading →
The Word, the Verb, and Christmas
By: Scott Armstrong “The meeting ground between God and [humanity] is the flesh of Christ.” –Saint Cyril Christmas is almost here! As we exchange gifts, we acknowledge and give thanks for the greatest gift ever given: Jesus Christ sent to earth two millennia ago. While the first two chapters of the gospels of Matthew and... Continue Reading →
Prepared for His Arrival
By: Daniel Pesado Advent and Christmas are totally related. Advent ("adventus") means "coming" or "arrival." The synonym used in the Greek is "Parousía", which also means "coming" or "presence", although we mostly use it to refer to the arrival of Jesus at the end of time. In Advent we prepare to celebrate the first coming... Continue Reading →
Abundant Thanksgiving
By: Stan Toler Thanks to Holiness Legacy I recently came across this outline of a sermon from the late Dr. Stan Toler. Dr. Toler was an amazing preacher and leader, and he lived out these principles of thanksgiving when he was with us. Exodus 36:3-7 They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had... Continue Reading →