Love God. Love myself. Love you. Love many others.
We are looking to build an army. Yes! An army with broken people, lonely people, educated or not, professional or not, miserable or lovely, who speak barely any language well or speak more than 3 fluently. Yes we are in the process of recruiting soldiers for the King. Soldiers who will go through training to … More looking for seeds in Albanian hearts
It occured this Sunday. A ministry valuable specially in our time. Ride ministry. When we see the list of giftings and calling we don;t see it there. Can we call ministry something that is not listed in the Bible? I think yes. Ministry is to help, to support, to advance the Kingdom. But what relation … More Ride ministry
Acts 16: 1-3 “Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of … More WHAT ARE YOU ABLE TO ADAPT IN YOUR LIFE?
2nd ADF! We are excited at the opportunity to gather together, hear from God’s Word, and partner together to start Bible-believing, Christ-honoring, self-replicating Albanian churches in the U.S., Canada, and beyond! Thanks to our hosts Armando and Mary Jane, who are doing a lot of the ground work on our behalf. We will also be … More The second Albanian Diaspora Forum is approaching
Last year in a conference I asked one pastor who is helping refugees how he is supporting them specially when it is needed to be a guarantee for them. I asked that question knowing that a refugee often will use everything to get the residence papers. In a culture when honesty is not regarded as … More How to help refugees and be pure?
In a prayer meeting one staff member shared about a lady having cancer. You could feel the atmosphere of concern in the room, confirmed later by the prayers done for her. Later I was thinking: why we are so sensitive when we hear someone is dying? I’m not saying that we shouldn;t. I was thinking: … More How to care for the lost?
I just came from a meeting with a new Christian from Eastern European bloc. It was the first time meeting him and in 3 minutes he started sharing about his family in details that you share with closed friends. He considered me family in the first moment we met. That is not unusual to me. … More how personal can I be with the audience?
I work in a administrative/reception area. A lot of people coming in and out. Some are very polite and smiling, other not. WIth unknown people I prefer a lot smiling, but when I know them more, smiling can become a problem. Why do you think? I believe smiling was invented to offer a positive endorsement … More A smile is good until it smells
More I speak about the Albanian church more increases my conviction that it is and will be a need for ethnic churches in Canada. When I say ethnic I mean a group of people with the same language or customs, culturally similar. Why I think like that? We have Chinese, Tibetian, Japanese, Greek restaurants. They … More Do we need ethnic churches in a multicultural contex?
I believe yes and these are the reasons: Paul urges to pray for all people specifically for those in authority and pope of Rome has a lot of authority among living people as the spiritual leader of the largest religious organization. Catholics believe in the Bible and even I disagree with some interpretation I still … More Should I pray for the election of the new pope?
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