I’ve been thinking a lot about trust lately. As we engage people at the margins, it’s striking how often trust is at the heart of the dynamic: Don’t trust the Gypsies – hide your wallet. Don’t trust the white man, he’s out to rip you off. Don’t trust the American, he’s a spy. Don’t trust the…
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Special Ministry Update on Disability
We’re enjoying some long-awaited spring sunshine on the porch looking over a new personal ministry update that focuses on disability and mission in Europe. We hope you enjoy it! April Baker Update
Being a reflective practitioner…
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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…
It’s all good…
When was the last time you got anyone to accept an apology? Or, for those of you who seldom make mistakes (or at least don’t admit it): when was the last time you actually accepted an apology that someone made to you? Perhaps this is just an element of how things are done in these…
Mill Pond Monday – 3. A community of values
We’ve shared a sense of purpose with presence and our central focus on fostering community. What sort of community? We’d start by talking about “values”: “The Mill” exists to glorify God through bringing people together around shared experience, interaction and discovery to foster a community whose living out and application of Kingdom values results in…
Pray for Ukraine
We are planning on spending Sunday (Ukrainian Independence Day) in prayer and fasting for Ukraine. We, along with our brothers and sisters in Kyiv and throughout Ukraine are very upset by ongoing threats to their freedom, security and dignity as a country, a nation and a people. We have prepared a guide for those who…
Mill Pond Monday – 1. Presence with a purpose
We’ve been dealing with some unexpected developments that have kept us offline for a while, but we plan to be back on regularly from here on out… We’re going to wade back into things with “Mill Pond Monday.” We don’t just hang out here on the porch with our thinking caps on: We have been…
May ministry update
Due to a lot of travel, lots of work around The Mill and some special guests, we haven’t been posting much… but we’ve been doing lots of porch sittin’ and thinkin’. We’ll fire things back up soon. In the meanwhile, here’s our latest ministry update: May Update from the Bakers
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