Over the last couple of days, our team from H2O Kent has been gradually shifting our time and attention from the refugee communities of Tensta to the center of Stockholm. We’ve enjoyed brilliant blue skies and golden sunshine as we’ve … Continue reading
At the end of our first full day in Sweden — after just a couple of hours of putting ourselves out there to make new friends in the Tensta neighborhood of Stockholm — we had received invitations to three different dinners … Continue reading
It took about an hour to ride the bus from Stockholm’s Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (Royal Institute of Technology) to the island community of Vaxholm, on the far outer reaches of the city. As we pulled out of the station, I … Continue reading
After a couple full days of outreach in the refugee communities on the outer rim of Stockholm, today offered a change of pace: hanging out with Christian friends in Stockholm’s city center. We started the morning by worshipping with a … Continue reading
Our first full day in Stockholm started with breakfast at Sarah’s. She works for the same mission agency I do, with a related network of churches. So it felt like a family feast, and a tasty one at that. Sarah … Continue reading
It takes about 20 hours to get from Kent to Stockholm, using whatever mix of cars, planes, buses, and trains you might prefer. Usually, I fly out of Cleveland, with connections in Chicago or New York. But for this week’s … Continue reading
Yesterday was a very emotional Sunday. In the morning, I played a leadership role for H2O’s worship gathering, which might have been labeled our “Transition Sunday.” A quality class of Kent State University students is set to graduate at the … Continue reading
The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve come to appreciate the Spring season. In childhood, I thought of the Spring as a wet, muddy, yucky time of the year between winter and summer. My seasonal allergies would start to kick … Continue reading
I’m on my seventh day of fasting from roughly 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM (about ten hours), in a new attempt at observing Holy Week. There have been moments where it’s felt challenging — but honestly, I’ve missed the food … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Brett McCracken’s book, Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community. Our church made this required reading for our Life Group leaders this year, and we slowly worked our way through it, week by week, … Continue reading
