Investing in future generations
I met the Navigators in 1966 and ‘spiritual generations’ was often mentioned, but it wasn’t until the summer of ’68 that the Lord got my attention through words which have become my life verses.
I met the Navigators in 1966 and ‘spiritual generations’ was often mentioned, but it wasn’t until the summer of ’68 that the Lord got my attention through words which have become my life verses.
I used to think I was only useful to God when I had spiritual conversations with people or when they came to church with me. What a reductionist view I had about how to love people and how to let God be God!
I have often thought of the disciple-making vision as a vision of love. Love in our culture is a vague concept: a feeling, an emotional high or goodwill towards humanity.
Inside Out 2 is billed as the ‘feel everything’ movie of 2024. Sitting next to my pre-teen son in the cinema, we prepared ourselves for an emotional rollercoaster of a film, and it did not disappoint.
Before moving to Scotland to do Connect (the Navigators internship programme), I didn’t have much experience doing discipleship intentionally. I had taught people things and shared my life with friends. I just hadn’t met with someone with the intention of making disciples.
I was a children’s nurse and then a health visitor before having two children of my own. When my youngest was a baby, he nearly died and that made me think: How do people cope when their child has died?