Weekend Reads: The power of worship, in Haiti and at home
Miracle on Voodoo Mountain: A Young Woman’s Remarkable Story of Pushing Back the Darkness for the Children of Haiti (Thomas Nelson, 2015) is a gripping account of educational mission work.
Two comments stand out: “It is so much harder to try to be the light of Jesus to the darkness than to be the white ‘savior’ rescuing children,” and, “Prayer and worship are my secret weapons. … I’m learning to let God fight my battles.”
That same emphasis on the power of worship is found in a book on living for the Kingdom of God through the sheer ordinariness of life at home. Home Behind the Sun: Connect with God in the Brilliance of the Everyday (Thomas Nelson, 2014) puts it more poetically: “We stand with you in the midst of the broken pieces of our world, and we cry for hope. But it’s not a weepy cry. It’s a crying out—a shout of praise, a song of worship.”...