The following post comes from one of CBF’s field personnel, Matt Norman. Read the story of his hopes and dreams for the coming year. Click here to support and learn more about the Norman’s ministry. “It’s been a hard year • But I’m climbing out of the rubble • These lessons are hard •Healing changes are subtle … Continue reading
Author Archives: Matt Norman
How do you see the world?
What do you see when you look at the world? Take a moment with me and reflect. With your mind’s eye, capture images that pop up when you think of the world today. Write down words on a paper to describe what you see. Look at those words. What do you see when you look … Continue reading
Hope in the Process of Fulfillment
As we prepare to move to Greece this summer to serve with Albanian immigrants through PORTA, Michelle and I have been keeping a close eye on the economic news in Europe. There are several Greek newspapers and sites that we follow each day to give us insight and we are learning much. Frequently, those whom … Continue reading
What is Justice?
This past week I participated in the second annual Selah Vie conference. Selah Vie—Pause Life—is an end of summer reflection conference for graduate and college students who have served with Student.Go, Passport, or as CBF congregational interns. It is easy to forget how old you are until you get about 150 college students together. Continue reading
I held my breath and prayed
Hello from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where I have been attending the annual meeting of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). It has been a great week meeting and worshiping with Baptists from the world round. Tonight we worshiped at FBC Kuala Lumpur and heard scripture read in a handful of the many languages represented. Continue reading
Naïve or Hopeful: A Missional Orientation
This past week I had the privilege of meeting face-to-face for a few days with the new field personnel being commissioned by CBF this summer. It was the 6th week of a 10 week orientation of which the majority of the training occurs online. It was good to meet in person again, discuss what we … Continue reading
Spiritual Formation & Two Great Books
Recently, I decided to study two books that I have read separately, together. The books, Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box by Arbinger Institute http://t.co/O2ADjSd via @amazon Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation by M. Robert Mulho… http://t.co/0KojyU8 via @amazon are both excellent books. Studied together, … Continue reading
Doing Nothing For Years
In a conversation the other day I was told that CBF hasn’t been doing anything in mission for years. I was told that we haven’t been commissioning “real” field personnel because “real” field personnel are funded via a central offering and we haven’t been able to do that since 2005. It was a very enlightening … Continue reading
Basketball and Dreams
Yes, this is a special time of year for me. You see I am a North Carolinian who, like most people from North Carolina, begins to come alive as March rolls into being. Some of us pull for better teams than others (UNC)—but the one thing that we all have in common is our love … Continue reading
Our Humanity is the Point
Well, I have been stuck in the snow since Sunday here in Atlanta. It is crazy that a city this large–almost 5 million– has only 10 or so snow plows. Once the snow froze on the roads, well… 4 days of 27 F highs and it is going nowhere. So, I picked up a novel … Continue reading
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