Blog Archive
by Jean Johnson | Jan 28, 2020 | Inspirational, Missional Musings
Five Stones Global, Jean Johnson Since our last blog and conversation, have you been declaring this prayer “God, may your Kingdom come to my neighborhood and may I play an integral part in it’s coming”? Anything happening? We received some insightful comments from...
by Jean Johnson | Dec 4, 2019 | Inspirational, Missional Musings
Would you join us in stepping outside your door each morning while declaring this prayer: “God, may your Kingdom come to my neighborhood and may I play an integral part in it’s coming?” In Acts 1:8, Luke writes: You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on...
by Jean Johnson | May 23, 2019 | Inspirational, Missional Musings, The DNA of Sustainability & Multiplication
We all hear or use phrases like these: Just be yourself. Embrace who you are. Own your story. Let me be me. I am free to be me. This way of thinking is popular in American culture today. We allow great latitude for ourselves to be at home in our own skins and others...
by Jean Johnson | Mar 26, 2019 | The DNA of Sustainability & Multiplication
By Jean Johnson Macro-compassion projects from the West tend to swallow up micro-compassion lifestyles for the Rest. Compassion in the hands of the few on behalf of the many is extremely limiting. How can we help to reverse this syndrome and make compassion every...
by Jean Johnson | Dec 5, 2018 | The DNA of Sustainability & Multiplication
Guest Blog by Ryan Kuja Excerpt from Ryan’s book: From Inside Out: Reimagining Mission, Recreating the World While serving with a Christian humanitarian organization in South Sudan, I worked with a Dinka man named Abijek who lived in a nearby village. He was...
by Jean Johnson | Nov 12, 2018 | The DNA of Sustainability & Multiplication
By Jean Johnson, Director of Five Stones Global The Lausanne Movement describes integral mission as a style of mission that recognizes “no biblical dichotomy between evangelistic and social responsibility.” Putting this concept into the form of an action statement, we...
by Jean Johnson | Aug 9, 2018 | Inspirational, Missional Musings, The DNA of Sustainability & Multiplication
By Jean Johnson In my last post, we visited God’s heart for social justice by listening in on a conversation between a child and a parent. Additionally, we visited Isaiah 1:17, which is a clear invitation to correct oppression, bring justice to the fatherless, and...
by Jean Johnson | Jun 19, 2018 | Inspirational, Missional Musings, The DNA of Sustainability & Multiplication
By Jean Johnson I was driving down a popular boulevard in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In a grassy area along the boulevard, I saw a man lift up his iron rod that served as a cane to strike a woman over her head. Without thinking, I slammed on my brakes, jumped out of my...
by Jean Johnson | May 2, 2018 | DAY 1 affects DAY 100 Habitudes
My dog howled every time I hit a certain note on my bamboo flute. He would lift up his head and cry as if he were calling upon a sweetheart in another village. I am not musically inclined in any form or fashion, but it was about time I learned more about Cambodian...
by Jean Johnson | Mar 14, 2018 | DAY 1 affects DAY 100 Habitudes
DAY 1 Affects DAY 100: Habitudes* Habitude 6: Overcome the Spitting Dragon Who Wants to Send You Home By Jean JohsnonWhen serving in Cambodia as a vocational missionary, I saw many missionaries come and go. I used to call Cambodia “the spitting dragon,” because it...
