{"id":311,"date":"2018-05-08T18:22:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T18:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missional.university\/spirituallife\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2020-02-08T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T15:47:00","slug":"fanning-the-flame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/missional.university\/spirituallife\/university-chaplain-message\/fanning-the-flame\/","title":{"rendered":"Fanning the Flame"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aligning Our Life with God's Story and Mission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Fanning the Flame<\/h2>\n

Throughout\u00a0the web pages and all the information that has been distributed about Missional University -- even in our name\u00a0-- it says that our vision is wrapped around the concept of being missional. But, what does missional<\/i> mean?<\/p>\n

I like a definition that I picked up recently from Dr. Paul Gould.\u00a0 It's from a book called The Outrageous Idea of the Missional Professor<\/i>.\u00a0 He says that a missional\u00a0person, a missional professor, understands\u00a0and lives life in light of God's story\u00a0in God's mission. I hope and desire that\u00a0as we get to know one another that I can\u00a0encourage each of us, both on the\u00a0academic intellectual side but also on\u00a0the personal and relational side, to live\u00a0our lives each day in light of being in\u00a0alignment with the\u00a0very mission that God has\u00a0given us<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Office of the University Chaplain fans the flame of the vision of Missional University to be Biblically-based, missionally driven, interculturally-focused, contextually-informed, practically-minded and experientially-transformed.<\/h4>\n

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