1.0Serve Globally Bloghttp://blogs.covchurch.org/servegloballyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UVVE8V9GMP"><a href="http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2016/01/04/imagine/">Imagine.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2016/01/04/imagine/embed/#?secret=UVVE8V9GMP" width="600" height="338" title="“Imagine.” — Serve Globally Blog" data-secret="UVVE8V9GMP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> “…our imagination for sin and disaster is much stronger than our imagination for God’s reconciling love and holiness. We are still taking our cues from the old age, not the new. The moral failure story triumphs over the transformation now available in the death and resurrection of Christ.” -Barbara Brown Taylor, The Preaching Life Our imaginations are the most powerful part of our created beings. Every animal has a brain and senses to experience the world. But only human beings have the ability to imagine. We are created in God’s image and He has given us imaginative and creative power that reflects His. Before we arrived in Germany, we didn’t know any refugees personally. We saw the news stories in the U.S. which often prompt fear and mistrust toward entire people groups. Now that we are living in Pinneberg and have relationships with refugees, we are forming a different perspective. We thought you would enjoy reading about our perspective. This may sound strange, but the first thing that surprised us about refugees is that they are people.  Just like you and me. The media has such a clever way of stripping humanity from entire people groups. The refugees we know are smart, funny, stylish, educated and many, even wealthy. One thing we’ve learned […]