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…
This child is the Presence of Christ in my life. Not because she is a huge ministering Spirit or represents great power available, but because of what Jesus said in Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘ Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these […]
Last week, after 3 years of intense seminary study and another year of ordination exam study, my incredibly hard-working husband, Danny Iverson, was ordained as an “official” Presbyterian Church of America pastor. As he is now a fifth generation pastor (his dad, granddad, great-granddad, and great great granddad were all pastors), I would say that […]
When Danny and I were first married, we kissed at probably every stoplight…we called it red light romance. Now we can’t even kiss once in a blue moon at a stoplight without comments from the peanut gallery…the crew filling the back seats, and most recently from our three year old, of all people. We were […]
I wake up wanting to be God. or at least king over my little world. I wake up wanting my schedule to go according to my plan. I wake up wanting my children to behave perfectly and fall in line with that plan. I wake up wanting no interruptions, no change of events, no extra […]
This unexpected child, but perfectly expected and planned by the best Family Planner known to history, has already broken me. over.and.over.and. over. The life-exchanged-for-life that is going on over in this Iverson household, has not been pretty, but in the mess of it all, new life, not just this sixth child’s life, but a life […]
There are many a day as of late that my afternoons are spent in this position, out of sheer exhaustion… One such afternoon, Benjamin emerges from the extensive imaginative play (thank you, Lord, for my kids having good imaginations!) and starts knocking on my door. I was literally too tired to get up, unlock […]
I dreamed it. And it scared me. Scared me right into humble submission to every long, hard, fatigued, feeling-sick day. Scared me into waiting patiently. Scared me into receiving whatever I needed to learn and do in this hard waiting process. It has been a tough 4 1/2 months. More negative emotions, failures, despairing moments, […]
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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