Last night as I was putting the kids to bed, Keziah started telling me a story. She claims that Jesus can save dolphins from the rocky shores with a space ship that a monkey flies down. Jesus apparently picks up … Continue reading →
Don’t blink! The world is changing… again! Well, 5 years ago is really when it seemed to change… when Twitter came out. Have you noticed how this thing has changed society? There’s people that follow me on Twitter that I’ve … Continue reading →
On Pentecost Sunday, everything got knocked down. Jesus gave us His Spirit. (I should end this post here and say, “amen!”). This year, I was asked to teach at our church, 3rdPlace. As you can imagine, this kind of message … Continue reading →
Natalie and I have made new friends recently. Parents of another kid in Ezra’s school, and also the sister/brother in law of one of our colleagues (small world). I entered into relationship with them through an ultimate frisbee game that … Continue reading →
If you follow our video updates, you might remember seeing a guy in the video by the name of JP. JP has been part of our weekly community rhythms for almost a year now. His full time job is working … Continue reading →
NieuCommunities will never have the corner market on leadership development in South Africa. This is partially true because I, as its leader, am not interested in that. In the past two years, I have learned some critical elements of true … Continue reading →
Several weeks ago, I sat across a coffee table with two of the most impressive young leaders South Africa calls sons. As we chatted, it became overwhelmingly clear that God was stirring something up inside of each of us, so … Continue reading →
After a recent coaching session with one of the University students we are working with, I had a burst of energy. One of the questions I asked him was if the action steps we were discovering were too intense? I’ve … Continue reading →
God’s ways rarely seem to be our ways. Have you noticed that? I was certain that coming to South Africa meant we would work more in the AIDS pandemic, alleviate poverty, or address another major known issue. Getting into the … Continue reading →
Every so often, we open up our living room to people to come and worship and pray together. It’s really chilled out and usually quite profound. This was another one of those nights. Last Tuesday, we had about twenty-five people … Continue reading →
16.June.2011
Joe + Natalie Reed, South Africa, Uncategorized