Hello again from the Mill Pond. Here is the latest update on our ministry that we send out to interested parties. This seemed to be a good place to share it. February online ministry update We hope you enjoy it! Jim and Liz
Author: Jim Baker
Marginal Mission Network leader with ReachGlobal Europe, passionate about serving at the margins. We are now living in the woods in VA working on restoring an old grist mill and farmhouse to host a community that will provide, rest, restoration, reflection, training, connections... and lots of good music!
Special guest post from LIZ
After all this time away, two looong posts in one day? It probably breaks some sort of blogging commandment… but tough. I thought this piece from the love of my life was just so good that I just had to share it. As I pushed through the large wooden original door of our 1860’s mill…
Integral Mission… say what?
Wow, I’ve been away far too long. I’ve got a LOT to catch up on, but let me get back to where I left off… Which was what I mean when I say that my vocation involves “building a community of reflective practitioners of integral mission.” So what do I mean by integral mission? First,…
Being a reflective practitioner…
Being a leader of a Christian mission organization with responsibility for mission staff and partnerships in Eastern Europe and social ministry outreaches throughout Europe – while living in “the sticks” of central Virginia – people often ask about what exactly it is that I do. In a nutshell, it’s this: building a community of reflective…
A Ukrainian Yankee in Rebel Territory
Here I am, looking out over our creek, which had ice on it this morning… now it’s pushing 60 degrees. In the beginning of January. Is this global warming? Life in the South? Random environmental fluctuations? And how should I know? This place is now “home” to us… we needed a home, we’d prayed for…
OK, I’m back…
Where have we been? Well, certainly not online… which is good for myself and my family, but no so good for keeping this blog rollin’ on. However, let’s just see what we can do about that, shall we? And, hey, how about some comments? Briefly, we stayed “unplugged” over the Christmas and New Years holidays……
Things we lost (and learned) in the flood
As we think back over “notable events of 2012,” one particular event stands out. The Flood. Superstorm Sandy walloped a lot of the East Coast… but didn’t even drizzle on the holler. (We were in Chicago for it… feeling it at a distance!) The Big Event at The Mill didn’t even make the local papers……
Simple ain’t so simple…
It’s been a longer interval than desired between posts here… It’s life in the holler. We had a water pipe (that runs from our well to the farmhouse which we are currently renovating) break suddenly. Why a water pipe would break suddenly is beyond me. When we first noticed what looked like a miniature spring…
Mill Pond Porch 