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¡Carnaval!
Editor’s Note: As we journey through the season of Lent, lay missioner Ralph Anderson, OFS, recounts his cross-cultural experiences at two different Bolivian celebrations of Carnaval, a traditional Mardi Gras celebration in Latin America, and shares pictures and videos from this festival. When I was young, my impression of Carnaval was a drunken immoral Festival in…
“God, You and I Dance.”
Editor’s note: Madeline McKissick, FMS Development Associate, reflects on her passion for dance and that correlation to the Lord’s relationship with each of his children. The beauty of the combined movement, the giving and taking between two entities, and the goodness of new creation from mutual reciprocity. I began taking dance classes when I was…
Shall We Dance? A Color Meditation on Letting Go
Editor’s Note: Returned missioner Rosanna Ferraro-Jensen uses color and creative expression to reflect on the idea of our relationship with God as a continuous invitation to dance. “Every Child Has known God” (Hafiz, 1320-1389) Every child has known God, Not the God of names, Not the God of don’ts, Not the God who ever does anything weird,…
Group Connects with Youth on Test Trip to South Africa
Video created by Domestic Volunteer Anna about her experience in South Africa as part of a Short-Term Mission and Global Awareness Trip. While winter weather raged back home in the states, a group from FMS led a gathering of young adults in the Electric Slide in the North-West region of South Africa. The group, piloted…
