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Charles Chansa shares the gospel with two woman in a village on Lake Tanganyika. Photo: OM International (related story below).
Greetings,
In our last edition of Missions Catalyst News Briefs, we pointed you to a project in the Congo that brought back some dignity and hope by taking family portraits. This time I want to introduce you to the work of photographer Dario Mitidieri who visited a refugee camp in Lebanon, taking portraits of Syrian families with space in each photo for loved ones missing or killed in the five-year conflict. These photos and stories are haunting and heart-wrenching. Does heaven has similar images of the Bride of Christ, with empty spaces for the tribes and tongues yet to join the chorus? Let us finish the task and complete the picture that John saw!
You might be interested in this glimpse into the early Church: The Very First Christian Hymnal includes the words that the Church will sing as recorded by John in the scene mentioned above as well as other words the very young Church sang, now set again to music. The Church’s words, at the beginning and at the end, are and will be “Worthy, worthy, worthy is the Lamb!”
Let us sing,
Pat