We have returned from The Navigators’ 2:7 Series Jubilee Conference in Frisco, Texas. Thanks to you all who prayed for this trip! There’s much to be thankful for: it was a soul-stirring time, we connected with a lot of old friends, we had uneventful travel, AND a blizzard that dropped a foot of snow in our area came and went while we were gone!

Here’s another thought from Friday’s talk by Mike Treneer, International President of The Navigators from 2005 – 2015. He said:

The world longs for love, for joy, for peace,…. Sound familiar? Through the Holy Spirit, we have the resources the world needs. We just have to get close enough to people for them to smell the fragrance of Jesus.

Mike illustrated his point by telling this story that supports what I’ve written before about Holy Moments and “ministering grace and love” as one type of fruitfulness. Mike said:

I was on a flight, and as I went to the back of the plane, the flight attendants were talking with one another in the galley area. One of them said, “There he is!” And I thought, “What have I done now?” The flight attendant explained: “You are different from most passengers. You were attentive and aware of us.” 

Mike said it was a decision he made years ago. 

This is my space. If you come into it, you should experience the Kingdom of God.

This gives new meaning to what I wrote in my first book, Join the Adventure: the first two steps to living missionally are just to “be there” and “pay attention.” There’s power, even in that.

In the Messiah, in Christ, God leads us from place to place in one perpetual victory parade. Through us, he brings knowledge of Christ. Everywhere we go, people breathe in the exquisite fragrance. (2 Corinthians 2.14, MSG)