by smiphilly | Jul 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m still pinching myself to be sure I’m really at SMI. It was several years ago when I first heard about this outreach, and I want to thank all the people who encouraged me to do it this year – it has been fantastic! One part I like...
by smiphilly | Jul 16, 2014 | SMI 2014, Uncategorized
“My son died last week.” It was the end of our routine health screening, and as me and my partner Natasha had been trained in SMI, we asked our patient if we could pray for anything for her. I remember her upbeat voice, her boisterous personality, her...
by smiphilly | Jul 11, 2014 | SMI 2014, Uncategorized
When asked casually how SMI is going, my answers thus far has been one of two: “cool” and “it’s like college.” [Smile]. Though the prior answer is a neutral word I’ve incorporated into most conversations, the latter has been something I thought more about when we...
by smiphilly | Jul 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
With SMI Philly based at my home church and neighborhood, I was able to offer a different perspective to the people we saw on the door-to-door medical outreach. I looked similar, spoke the same language, and was able to understand and relate with them when it came to...
by smiphilly | Jul 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
On our first afternoon up here, Pastor Jason from Urban Hope introduced us to some of the amazing stories of conversion and faithfulness that have happened in the church over the past years. In thinking about our following three weeks, he challenged us to do like...
by smiphilly | Jul 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
To paraphrase a friend here at SMI who is keen on observing the characteristics of our society, “We live in a society..” which values education in academic settings only. What I mean by this is that the majority of our learning as a culture is limited to...
