About two years ago I was on a ten-day mission trip in Colombia with a group of college students from three different cities: Boston, Miami, and Las Vegas. The purpose of our mission was to come alongside two churches in two cities - one in urban Pereira and one in rural Jamundi. My role primarily was to lead worship for our team as well as with the worship teams at each church, learning from one another as we engaged in making music for the Lord. Part of this journey involved leading worship during a women's small group (which turned out to be not so small), led and taught by two of our own team leaders. The teaching was from a passage which, to this day, continues to impact me in my walk with God in ways I never expected. The passage was 2 Corinthians 4, which if you've never read through it before, stop right here and go read it and take your time with it. Seriously, do it. It's SO good. I'll be here waiting when you're done. Here we see Paul speaking to the ...