I wish I could dance! I’ve never been a dancer but always admired it. I am the guy who had the head bop and chilled on the side observing the scene. From loose carefree, to ballroom, to breaking, I love it all! As a Latino growing up in an urban community, music, beats, and dance were as normal as the sunrise, yet I just couldn’t get down! Why was that? Was I afraid to look like a fool, to get it wrong, or of what people might think? Was it a case of insecurity and low self-confidence?
One of my all-time favorite books opens with, “Presumed familiarity has led to unfamiliarity, unfamiliarity has led to contempt, and contempt has led to profound ignorance.”I can definitely relate. We think we’ve mastered a thing, before even knowing it fully, and end up never having known it to start. It becomes worthless to us and snubbed because of its irrelevance to our real lives and whatever it had potential to offer, is never actually realized. Could this have happened to the prayer Jesus taught His students, better known as The Lord’s Prayer? Have those five verses affected our lives in meaningful ways, or has our presumed familiarity led us to miss something significant?
Perspective changes everything. So, when Christ followers shift their mindset to see life through His perspective, the mission field around us becomes clear. The last 12+ months have given people all over the world a new perspective on many things, and near the top of that list for countless families is their children’s education. As God would have it, BHITC began a partnership with The Halle School of Inquiry a few short months before the start of a global pandemic.
LIFT (Leaders in Faith Together) is a new pilot program through BHITC centered around accelerating the work, effectiveness and overall growth of local leaders, nonprofit organizations, social enterprises and small businesses in Cleveland. The goal is to build and leverage relationships, establish meaningful connections and develop urban leaders to positively impact their communities. Hear what its director has to say about LIFT and why she has such a strong passion for this work God is doing in Cleveland.
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