God Sightings

I love it when Diaspora shares God Sightings also referred to as Sacrament of the Ordinary. These stories, incidents or testimonies are us telling where we’ve encountered God in our daily lives. It can be a huge life changing event or

Diaspora’s 3rd Easter

Easter is the pivotal event and spiritual celebration of the year for Christians. It’s the time when we mark the crucifixion of Jesus, the time He died to take the penalty for sin on Himself. The time when he set

Baby Steps

How exciting it is to see a young child take those first tentative steps. They wobble, they grab a hand or a piece of furniture to steady themselves. They fall back and land on their diaper padded butts. (another good

Diaspora’s 3rd & 4th Baptisms, yay God!

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them

Church is Hospitality

Thinking about hospitality this week as we enjoyed it on many fronts over a couple of days. Friday evening a bunch of Diaspora’s people came for potluck dessert at our place. We ate, chatted and laughed and then we took

The First Multiplication of Diaspora

[November 2016] We’ve done it. We multiplied! Or I should say God has done it. Our church plant which began with one disciplemaking community is now two. This is exciting and God has led us here. It’s actually been a

Everywhere I Go I See You

I was walking and praying one fall morning and a song by Rich Mullins was reverberating through my body and soul, I SEE YOU. As the lyrics played through my head and I found myself praying and praising them back to God.

What Did Jesus Have in Mind?

“What did Jesus have in mind when he commissioned the church to make disciples of all nations? A missional understanding of this commission requires us to see Jesus tactic as to mobilize a whole lot of little versions of himself

A Family Gathers

[thanks Rick for the pics!] The phrase we use most often to describe Diaspora is “an extended family on mission”. Our family includes a wide variety of people. We have a core of them who are with us almost all the

In Diaspora, We Pray

[post from September 2016] We pray. We definitely pray. Actually, we just did a worship exercise this past week (thanks Elaine!) which was about trusting God and that’s a big part of what we pray and that we pray. We