My beautiful and caring guest is Ondi Mejia. She is a pastor in the Foursquare Church and the writer of a blog and an almost finished book! Ondi’s passionate about passion - longing and callings and working hard all for the glory of God. In this Episode of 8000 Promises, Ondi and I chat about writing a book and saying yes to the small things and watching how they add up to make much bigger yeses for God. We also chat about how the church and the people that make up God’s church have a distinct call to love others and point them to Jesus. Ondi’s prepandemic blog post, ”Caring for those with Mental Illness: Just Love,” and her experience walking through crisis with the survivors of the Campfire in Paradise California, led us to a discussion of how the church can become a more trauma informed church. Listen in as we wrestle with how to love others well. Then put to use Ondi's practical tips for how to look for and act on the little yeses in both your passionate pursuits and in loving others well. Thanks for being here.
From her Blog:
Ondi Mejia is the writer behind the blog Abide and Write. Ondi aims to write about what I’m learning from abiding in Christ.
As a stay-at-home Mom, recently licensed Foursquare pastor, former high school teacher, and former collegiate runner, Ondi is real about her struggle to connect her secular life with her spiritual one. The more she abides in Christ, the more she realizes she only has one life.
Ondi hopes that her writing reminds you of this fact, and helps you to knit together your spiritual life with every single thing you do each day, and everything you strive to achieve with your life.
Ondi is a wife of 12 years to an amazing, godly husband, a mother of three lovely children, and a pastor’s kid! She loves to run, drink coffee, and eat all the French fries and desserts.
You can find Ondi at her website abideandwrite.com, on Instagram at Abideandwrite or on Facebook at @abideandwrite
You can find me at aditilford.com, on Instagram at aditilfordwrites, and on Facebook at aditilford-Author
