Way In

At the Missional Wisdom Foundation we are committed to nurturing communities who promote spiritual growth and neighborly love.

Denise CraneAugust 27, 2024Theme LVII, The Signs of the Way, Pilgrimage, Contemplative Stance, contemplative stance, Denise CraneComment

Zentry Part 3

Many of us have had an experience with rescuing a dog.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneApril 27, 2022Zentry, Veritas Canis, Denise CraneComment

Zentry Part 2

It seems like a long time ago since I first wrote about Zentry.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneApril 20, 2022Zentry, Veritas Canis, Denise CraneComment

Nikki

I have saved Nikki’s story for last. In a way, it is the hardest for me to capture because Nikki is my dog.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneAugust 18, 2021Veritas Canis, Denise Crane, Theme XXXIIIComment

Nugget

My daughter and her husband adopted Nugget when he was two. Nugget is not the brightest bulb in our pack. In fact, I call him the “50 First Dates” dog.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneAugust 11, 2021Veritas Canis, Denise Crane, Theme XXXIIIComment

Tank

Tank is one of the senior members of our pack. He is also the smartest dog we have ever had in any version of our pack.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneAugust 4, 2021Veritas Canis, Denise Crane, Theme XXXIIIComment

Duke

Duke is the largest member of our pack. He’s a black Lab mix weighing in at around ninety-five pounds (currently under orders to trim down some).

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneJuly 28, 2021Veritas Canis, Denise Crane, Theme XXXIIIComment

Basher

Basher is one of the rescues in our pack that we got to name. He is also the only dog that didn’t come from some sort of rescue/shelter agency.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneJuly 21, 2021Veritas Canis, Denise Crane, Theme XXXIIIComment

Tulip

I have the great privilege to live near both of my adult children. Each of the three households contains dogs as part of the family.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneJuly 14, 2021Veritas Canis, Denise Crane, Theme XXXIIIComment

Pizza with Jesus

In doing more thinking about how we choose to evolve or entrench in our theological interpretations, I was speaking to a friend of mine who has been doing some work with women who are moving out of sex trafficking.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneMay 5, 2021reading the Bible, Theme XXX, Denise CraneComment

An Untimely Death

I’ve always struggled with the Noah and the Ark story. It doesn’t fit tidily into the loving and redeeming trajectory of God’s story with Man.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneApril 28, 2021reading the Bible, Theme XXX, Denise CraneComment

Reading the Bible

Like most of the people I talk with, I am genuinely bewildered at how divided people of faith are currently when we all claim to believe in God.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneApril 20, 2021reading the Bible, Theme XXX, Denise CraneComment

An interview with The Lead Team [#GivingTuesdayNow, May 5, 2020]

Evey McKellarMay 14, 2020GivingTuesdayNow, Missional Wisdom Foundation, MWF, evey mckellar, Stephanie Evelyn McKellar, Dallas, Asheville, Denise Crane, Larry Duggins, Luke Lingle, Lead Team, Leadership, MWF LeaderComment

An interview with the Launch & Lead Team [#GivingTuesdayNow, May 5, 2020]

Evey McKellarMay 14, 2020MWF, Missional Wisdom Foundation, GivingTuesdayNow, Denise Crane, Robert Bishop, evey mckellar, Stephanie Evelyn McKellar, Launch & LeadComment

The Grace of...Living Missionally

I hope that in our everyday lives, we can remember that we are God’s sent out people.

What we do every day matters. That is part of living missionally.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalMissional Wisdom FoundationJanuary 23, 2019Theme XIII, The Grace of, missional living, Denise CraneComment

Cade's 3 Pepper Salsa

Cade's 3 Pepper Salsa
by Justin Hancock, Denise Crane, and Rachel Wells

We have now attended two Julian Way dinners with this young man, Cade Ford, and his parents, Lance and Kim. As of this writing, Cade is a 17 year old high school student. He is connecting with Justin, Lisa, and the Julian Way because his family is beginning to see that thought should be given now to what a more independent life beyond high school might look like for Cade.

Denise Crane

New MWF Leader, Denise Crane

I am Denise Crane, one of the new leaders of the Missional Wisdom Foundation. I should probably start by explaining that I hate being in the spotlight. It’s just not my cup of tea. That said, after I got over the knot in my stomach at being asked to write about myself for this week’s spotlight, I realized that it gives me an amazing opportunity to talk about how wonderful it is to get to walk with these people who make up the Missional Wisdom Foundation and all the other people who journey alongside us. That is worth talking about!

Wisdom for the Way, SpotlightMissional Wisdom FoundationOctober 28, 2016Denise Crane, MWF Leader, Lead TeamComment