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…
Kimberly’s summer recap with some awesome pictures… Sleeping bags. Sleeping bags. And more sleeping bags…. Socks scattered. socks in the family room. socks on the front porch. socks by the trampoline. mismatched socks in the laundry. Doors opening…and rarely shutting. letting in thick humidity and letting out paid-for electricity in the form of cool air. […]
It came just a week after I posted my parenting and ministry battle cry…a self-reminder to stay faithful in planting the seeds. The news of fruit. fruitfulness in praying for neighbors. fruitfulness of continuing to host Shalom Nights each week to have a meal, worship and study Scripture together. fruitfulness in the simple act of […]
We ran into Danny’s former mentor, and he says, “Wait. I thought you were really sick. How are you doing?” Oops. Everyone got the update on Danny’s Lyme Disease Diagnosis, but we forgot to report the answer to prayer. Time for an Iverson Update! (The main praises and prayer requests are in bold) Lyme Disease […]
Ms. Cora from down the street gave it to me two years ago. My eighty-six year old gardening neighbor, the one that said, “I hear the gunshots, but even though I live here alone, I’m not scared. I know the Lord is with me. ” She has not been jaded over the past 30 years […]
This morning, I, thinking myself quite the clever “preschool homeschool mother”, got out a big bag of various buttons and my muffin pans. I doled out large piles of buttons to my two and four year olds and showed them how they could sort them according to color or size in the different muffin holes. […]
Bible balanced on boppy pillow, the verses come alive in a whole new way… “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; …. For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance.” Isaiah 66:10-13 For I am living a microcosm of this […]
This weekend we celebrated the nineteen year anniversary of her departure from this world and her beckoning into the next. And what a way to remember and rejoice in her life, but with the newness of her eleventh grandchild and her widowed husband bustling about, helping care for seven of them, just the […]
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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