In this video, Marcos Leon and Ken Shuman have a conversation about living missionally. In Faithwalking we have two clear end goals: personal transformation and missional living. Personal transformation has to do with emotional maturity, healing, and transformed relationships. What is missional living? Here at Faithwalking we share Ken’s view that it means to partner with God in God’s ongoing mission in the world. God’s mission is to restore wholeness to every individual, community, and system such that it operates according to His intended design. Not something one “adds on” to his or her life, it is a way of life – and it is the way of Jesus. And we do it where we live, work, and play, such that it is integrated into our everyday lives.
Ken and Marcos go on to explain that mission flows out of formation. Our transformation work creates the space for us to live missionally, because the things that stop us in our day-to-day lives are the very things that will stop us in mission if we are not transformed in these areas. We have to do the transformation work to have the toolkit we need to engage in mission well, as whole people.
Ken and Marcos close by sharing some thoughts on how to discern where to engage missionally. When we engage in the reflective life, the space is created for God to tell us where He is at work and wants us to engage. We can ask ourselves, “Where is there brokenness? Where are the needs? Where is my heart beating, and what am I passionate about? Who is the Lazarus in my life?” And once we discern the answer to some of these questions, we can begin giving our word to some really big things that are beyond our capacity and learning to live into them. You can read Ken’s commitment to promoting racial wholeness in Tomball here.
(audio version available below)
