What is “Shalom” anyway? And what is this blog about?
Shalom Means Peace … And So Much More. Shalom is the Hebrew word for holistic peace — peace that permeates every aspect of our lives and our being. It is a word used throughout scripture to describe the absolute joy, flourishing, fulfillment, and bliss found in the presence of God. It also conveys the beautiful, interdependent relationships that God’s people eternally share with Him, each other, and all of creation.
Nothing Broken… Nothing Missing… The way things are supposed to be. Shalom is what has come into the world through Christ, and is made complete when Christ returns and fully eradicates sin and death forever. God is glorified as Shalom happens. We have a mission as God’s people to discover and display the Shalom of God’s Kingdom to this hurting world by faithfully proclaiming the Gospel in WORD and DEED as we share life with our neighbors. This blog documents one Kingdom Family’s journey to Shalom…
But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting. (Matthew 17:21) It kept ruminating around in my head. I personally had decided to fast multiple times over the course of the past two months, but as soon as crisis hit, or the exhaustion set in, it was just too easy to reach for […]
“Jesus is so stwong. He is stwonger ‘dan satan. And Jesus love yittle Judah and he is wiff you. He is wiff you evewy day.” The little white-boy afro hovers over his little baby brother and sings truth to him. Truth that even this Mama needs to hear every.single.moment of these action packed, feels-like-I’m-sinking in […]
They were all piled on the bed. Sprawled out during our nightly family devotions. We are reading through the Bible as a family, and we’re camped out in the book of Numbers right now. I know, I know, not exactly an attention-grabber book of the Bible for little ones. But you would be surprise, how […]
This kid, the one that loves babies, is obsessed with holding his little brother. Sometimes to the point of harassing me. There was a mini-war-turned-formal-schedule over which sibling got to hold Judah during family devotions each night. And if Mommy actually has to be nursing during the scheduled hold-Judah-night there is no lack of impatience. […]
To read the background story of this little one’s birth, click here. “Sweet Little Boy, that I love so much. ” That’s what I love to sing over you. But did you know that I pray your name over you, too? We named you Judah. Judah, because it means “I will praise the Lord” […]
It was like they had all laid dormant. But then finally growth begins to emerge where simple seeds of prayer had lain buried in the soil of the will of God. You see, I had met Tahra, a Muslim Bangladeshi woman about my age, last December, while I was trying to coordinate hosting international students […]
This kid LOVES babies. This kid, who, for the three months leading up to Judah’s arrival, did everything he could to help ease my life because it finally registered in his mind that out of Mommy’s misery, a wee little babe would emerge. And he was excited! He cleared out his own […]
Danny and Kimberly Iverson met while in college and fell in love 3 years later while Danny was leading an inner-city ministry in Newark, NJ. Their hearts for the disinvested spaces of society, and the conviction of God’s love and redemptive purposes for such places, drew them together on mission and continues to be a driving force as they follow God’s calling to discover and display an expression of the body of Christ that is focused on reconciliation and renewal. They love being on mission with their family of eight children – Daniel Josiah, Trinity, Katy-Grace, Benjamin Zion, Malachi, Judah, Gwennalyn and Joel. They currently live in Atlanta, GA and are sharing life with their neighbors and leading a house church and community development organization called Restore Life. Sign up to receive their newsletter.
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