José Rosifran C Macedo. Presbyterian pastor, M.A in New Testament from Biblical Theological Seminary, USA; missionary of the AMEM / WEC Brazil since 1983. He and his wife, Alicia, were the directors of Missionary Training College, WEC Brazil's training seminary for cross-cultural workers, for 12 years, and WEC Brazil directors for 9 years. They organized the member care department and the Missionary Kids (MK) care for WEC Brazil. Since 2009, they have been coordinators of Philhos, the MK care department for the Brazilian Association of Crosscultural Missions, AMTB. Rosifran is the author of "Protecting What is Precious", a manual for the safety and protection of cross-cultural workers. He is the coordinator of AMTB Security, a member of the AMTB board, and the representative of Brazil on the Global Member Care Network board.
Sometimes that which we want most alludes us because of our yearning for it. In times of crisis and grief the hardest response is to surrender, but that is precisely what God asks us to do so that we can find fulfillment.
A very crucial issue in the church today is how we are to understand our identity. There is not much room for independent thought as we are forced to position ourselves as either individualist or collectivist. The Christian life is neither or those. It is something else altogether. For the sake of God's glory we need to realize this.
