Brigada – 2024-10-06

3) Short Term Missionary Housing

3) Short Term Missionary Housing

Missionaries and full time Christian workers who need short term housing can apply at http://siloamhomes.org. Siloam Missionary Homes offers completely furnished homes on a 33-acre campus in central North Carolina. The purpose of SMH is to provide a place that missionaries can “call home.” You can reach Siloam on the website or by email to joyce@siloamhomes.org.

8) A Penny For Your Thoughts About This Patrick Lenzione Book Please?

8) A Penny For Your Thoughts About This Patrick Lenzione Book Please?

Yesterday, one of my co-workers (and closest friends) was sharing with me about Patrick Lenzione’s book, The Three Signs of a Miserable Job. Lenzione says those signs are Anonymity, Irrelevance, and Immeasurement. In other words, “I don’t feel connected,” “I don’t know that my job makes a difference,” and “I don’t seem to have much influence over job success.” Yikes. Sounds like a sad life, right? But wow – how can we help missionaries escape those feelings? Specifically, how does your organization or church help people connect to the significance of your purposes? And how do you make that a part of our regular rhythms? Assuming they’re well-connected, how do we help people genuinely *feel* that connection? Please click in the comment box and help us understand. Please. (Thanks Jon!) read more…

10) “There Ain’t No Price Tag On That”

10) “There Ain’t No Price Tag On That”

I (Doug) keep replaying part of a conversation I heard this past Sunday night. I was helping a relatively new believer named Bill as he facilitated a new three-thirds group (discovery Bible study). The Bible passage being studied in the core of the group was Luke 15 – “The Parable of the Prodigal Son (otherwise known as “The Parable of the Waiting Father”). One of the newer guys in the study (we’ll call him Jack – not his real name) was listening intently to the whole discussion about the son who ran away and then came home. Now… read more…

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