Our team and our Regional Directors are scattered around the world. So during our times together, every moment matters. Each long-anticipated conversation is treasured. The meetings are full of communal worship, personal sharing (at times requiring us to be quite vulnerable), and robust engagement around sticky leadership issues.
Our international president, Mutua Mahiaini, cites this African proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.” Navigator disciples and laborers simply do not flourish in isolation. We need to be in community with likeminded people who share our distinct calling. We may survive alone, but without community we will tend to drift into other things.
“I always tell the young people that I need their strength and energy, but I also remind them that they need my gray hair!” says Osvaldo. “And so, what is it that we need to have in common? Humility. We all need to recognize that we need to walk through life together.”
In our spiritual lives, it’s easy for us to do Bible study, memorize scripture, and pray; but how do these things indicate our spiritual health? Without accurate reference points, we can’t assess our true spiritual condition.
“In the marketplace, young professionals spend more than 40 hours a week with their peers and colleagues,” says Chris. “Well-resourced, mentored and coached, they are the incarnational presence of the Gospel in their families and relational networks. . . . We want to see these transformed people being the champions of justice and righteousness in our society.”
