Perspectives National Conference

"Expect Great Things From God....
Attempt Great Things For God"
- William Carey, 1792

This is the theme of the Perspectives National mission conference I'm attending this weekend, and I'm so very excited to be participating. Ordinarily, I wouldn't have been impossible for me to go, but it happens to be in Dallas, and the timing is perfect, just before my trip to Ukraine. The purpose of the conference is to train, enhance and introduce new resources in mission mobilization. Among the dozens of excellent options, they will be having special tracks on mobilization among college students and young adults, which I'm especially looking forward to.

It will be a bit of a tight squeeze after work to make it for the evening session tonight, but I'm going to try since Floyd McClung will be speaking. His mission fervor has made a strong impression on my heart over the years. One article he wrote, Apostolic Passion, burns in my mind. It's so short, yet so powerful. I also stumbled onto another of his longer works several years ago in a used book shop, Living on the Devil's Doorstep. What an amazing story that testifies of the difference one family can make when they trust God and offer hope to the outcast.

One thing I'm looking forward to is spending time with other mission-hearted people from across the country, letting their love, insight, experience, and ideas rub off on me. In a world that is fast paced, and thoroughly secular, it takes deliberate effort to keep perspective on the eternal. My danger is losing the wonder and urgency of this Great Commission.

This weekend is a welcome opportunity to refresh this vision in my own heart. What can you do to refresh yours?