My Hero

I want you to meet my friend, Lori Harris.  I have never met Lori except through her words on her blog (loriharris.me), words that wreck my heart each and every time.  Her words aren’t whinny words, or complaining word, or even “poor me” words.  They are bold, courageous words and words that make me feel guilty.  She has boldly gone to the place where the pew hits the curb, leaving most of us in the dust.

Lori is married to Thad and they live in Rocky Mount where they moved to plant a church, but not the kind of church plant that their seminary friends were planting.  Thad is a warehouse manager, and that job is his source of income – their church was not started with the thought that it would support their family.  The church supports the wider“church”.

They planted a church and moved their family of six children into what most would call the “hood”.  Lori has been homeschooling the older kids because the school they would attend is rated in the very last place of all NC schools in performance.  The kids have asked to attend the school their friends attend and this year, very bravely, the transition will happen.

Lori and Thad’s 100+ year old house is the neighborhood playground and is a safe place as the parents have come to know.  There are drug deals going down and the police are frequent visitors to the street and Lori knows all the kids by name and through them is learning about the families.

Lori has never asked for any outside support (remember she isn’t a whiner) but I have adopted her and begun mentoring her through my daily prayers over her and her family.  She makes me feel guilty because I haven’t found that boldness she possesses.  She does not just make Jesus famous, she gives Him away on a daily basis and takes on His skin.  She is one of my heroes.

Here is a blog she wrote for another website.  I think you will say you know her heart after reading it.  I hope you will pick up her passion and join me in praying for her and her heart.

    Your Work Matters: Unspoken Agreement (The High Calling)

Hope this link works! Here is the official “address”: www.thehighcalling.org/work/your-work-matters-unspoken-agreement

Please let me hear from you after you read Lori’s words.  I would love to go to Rocky Mount and sit across the table to hear her heart talk…maybe some of you would like to make the journey with me.

Lovingyougood…sd