{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Serve Globally Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally","title":"World Mission: New Realities, Same Conviction - Serve Globally Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zWIpKO5Htc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2019\/01\/07\/world-mission-new-realities-same-conviction\/\">World Mission: New Realities, Same Conviction<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2019\/01\/07\/world-mission-new-realities-same-conviction\/embed\/#?secret=zWIpKO5Htc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;World Mission: New Realities, Same Conviction&#8221; &#8212; Serve Globally Blog\" data-secret=\"zWIpKO5Htc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Al Tizon, the Covenant\u2019s executive minister of Serve Globally, is challenging the way we think about the world and how we engage in mission. To say that the world has changed and continues to change at an unprecedented rate would contend for the understatement of the year. Words like globalization, urbanization, and all things post- (post-Christendom, post-colonialism, etc.) describe our world today. Not only that, the world has entered into a disturbing era of vitriolic, macho politics and increasing ethnic and religious-based violence. Some say we\u2019re on the verge of World War III, if we\u2019re not already there. How does the church engage in mission in a world such as this? To ask such a question is to reimagine mission. One of the legends around theologian Karl Barth, who among other things was the principal drafter of the Barmen Declaration (see #885 in the Covenant Hymnal), is that he did his morning devotions with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. (Today it would be the newsfeed on his smartphone.) The point is, awareness of the world around us is key to a truly faithful, engaged, relevant\u2014in a word, missional\u2014life. My own reimagining has led me [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/01\/blog-1.png"}