Archive for Missions

Greece

Our apologies for the lack of posts over the course of September. The simplest excuse is that I was out of town almost the entire month.
The most recent excursion was a 9-day stint in Athens, Greece, with a group from my church. Over the next week or so, I’ll try to flesh out some of […]

Posted by Justin Lonas on October 2nd, 2009
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Perspectives

Last night was the first class session of Chattanooga’s semester of Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, U.S. Center for World Mission’s outstanding college-level missions course. I’m taking it for both personal and professional reasons, and I’ve been told all along that this course “will change your life whether you want it to or not.” I […]

Posted by Justin Lonas on August 17th, 2009
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Can you Buy Hope for $25?

We are blessed beyond belief in the West. While there is nothing inherently wrong with this, our plenty can easily become a sin when we neglect to help those in need. Unless we are confronted with the realities of spiritual and economic poverty in the world, we can be lulled into complacency and miss incredible […]

Posted by Justin Lonas on May 22nd, 2008
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