Mike & Kalyn

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not how i would do it

We had an interesting discussion with a group of people on thursday about new life. One thought led to another. First of all, we all think that we are inadequate for any kind of spiritual or kingdom contribution. We look inside and don’t see much. We do see our own struggles, conflicts and issues. [...]

what filter do we use?

I was talking with a guy in Beirut 2 weeks ago and he asked me a question that made me pause, and think. He said, “Mike, what filter do you use?” Huh? Filter? Strange terminology. But I processed it. Chewed it up and spat it out, cause I am good at that. Well trained. [...]

what am i suppose to do with what is in me?

Hurt & Helpless– It just popped out while we talked. I had stopped by on a sunny, windy Sunday to see the guys in Masi, just to check in with some friends from Zimbabwe with whom we had been meeting for the past 2 years. To see how they were doing. And in our short [...]

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fitting in

Too Messy Quite honestly, life is too messy in Africa. Messy, messy, messy. There are too many problems, too many urgent issues, too many complicated relationships with subplots that take waaayyyy too much time to sort through. Life is too messy. I got a phone call a couple of nights ago from a young friend [...]

being an orphan…

It was their last night together. A bunch of grown men huddled around their mysterious leader. He knew what was going to happen. But they were not getting it. So Jesus looks at these close companions, these “friends” and He makes a very peculiar statement, “I will not leave you orphans.” (John 14:18) Huh? Adult [...]

Our Journey

Here we are, Kalyn and Mike, down on the very tip of South Africa. “Why?” you say. “Oh, but that is the story,” we say. “Because, in reality, we have actually been caught up in a bigger story.”

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what if…

what if… hmm. what if… What we have seen and heard in Masi has provoked us. But in a good way. What we have seen and heard has provoked us and motivated us. So we pray a selfish, but very real prayer–that our desires would change. That our desires would be overridden by the Father’s [...]