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Book Club Dos: Creation
Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology: Foundations in Scripture, Theology, History and Praxis by Daniel L. Brunner, Jennifer L. Butler, and A.J. Swoboda sounds about as intense as a title like that and a book co-written by three authors would have you guess. At times I felt like I was back in Biology III class at Northwestern, and the word document of saved notes brings back memories of preparing for one of those papers that includes a full page bibliography. Not joking, my notes are 11 pages long. All of this to say that while this environmental book was an academic and slow read, it was an... Read more
La Construcción
The construction project here with the Yanesha was something that began 5 years ago with a plot of jungle. This place was full of palm trees, thick bushes, poisonous snakes, and no humans or concrete. Now it looks a lot different. On this land given by the community one building has been completed, one is fully in process with the second floor potentially being constructed as you read this, a soccer field planted and growing, a security wall halfway done, and several Peruvians employed. This facility will be multi-faceted: an agriculture institute, a place to host soccer events, pastors can... Read more
A Jungle Video
Staying in touch with supporters has been not just something we were told is important, but something we have personally realized as critical and also a blessing. We are constantly open to feedback and sometimes specifically ask for it. We made a video earlier in our time at language school and were told that another one, this time of the jungle, would be helpful. We listened and made another one! Enjoy it here at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veD-w9nxdyE -Matt Read more
5 Thoughts for 5 Months Overseas
This blog is going to be a mixture of my thoughts, but they feel more like secondary sources. The ideas stem from God's Word, prayer time (Holy Spirit), noticing and filtering Peruvians culture with my American mind, a Francis Chan book called Letters to the Church, and awesome conversations with Sophie. This post could almost be called "Book Club: Dos" (which the first one is on our blog at themccanns.blog) but so many of the thoughts and passages in the book resonated with me beyond the main purpose of Chan's book, which is stated here in Chan's words: "My goal is to get you dreaming, to... Read more