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…
In this Video Rev. Mori from Global Mission Chapel in Iwaki talks about how God has protected His church even though they are only 18 miles from the nuclear reactor. When he was asked why he was not leaving his community like many of the other government and business elite who did, he responded that […]
I have a little book that I started a couple of years ago that, that records funny things my kids say. I always wondered which of my four (and probably many more to come) kids would one day actually take posession of the book, BUT if I put the funny sayings in my blog, like […]
We had ALMOST made it. We were within 28 hours of Daddy’s return when the tornado sirens went off, the thunderstorms rolled in, and I huddled all the kids in the bathroom for fear that a tornado was going to hit. After a little bit, my phone rang, I got busy getting ready for the […]
A great letter from team member Tim Bentson Eight of us landed in Japan to work with Oyumino Christian Church that had started their own relief effort to help the people of Tohoku suffering from the 9.0 earthquake, tsunami and the possibility of nuclear fallout. The Oyumino Church had been renting trucks, buying supplies of […]
Here is a great video a guy named Shane who was on Danny’s team made. It shows the amazing work God is doing in Japan for His glory as the Gospel goes forth in power. It is so good to have Danny home but also so good to see how God worked in Japan through […]
On Friday morning at 11:30 our family was reunited again, after Danny/Daddy had been gone for 12 days. The Lord upheld both he and us on the homefront in amazing ways. Thank you to everyone who prayed for us and for this trip. Those prayers were definitely felt, as the Lord carried us through that […]
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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