malachi mission project
The Malachi Mission Project is a movement that recognizes the importance of restoration in the family, specifically in the role of father and sonhood.
We live in a time when many roles have been reversed, what was once seen as good and beautiful is now seen as bad and ugly, and vice versa. Areas of life, such as work, that were once considered dignified are often thought of as inconvenient or oppressive. From coast to coast our climates are in reverse and from continent to continent the old “third world” is beginning to boom whereas the so-called 1st world is almost spiritually bankrupt, (even the notion that there are three worlds and not one is a divisive remnant from the Cold War). Gender too has turned, quite literally, with men becoming women and women becoming men, except for those of us who may identify as fluid. This is a time when absolutes no longer exist and relativism rules the land. If there is any room at all for God, He is quickly relegated to a lower case “g” and rather than God creating man in His own image, man is now attempting to create God in his, her, it’s or their own image. It is all so very self-centric and can only breed a community that constantly asks what can you do for me, rather than what can I do to help? Within our western society we have become more and more concerned with ourselves and perhaps our (very) close network, that we fail to meet even the most basic needs of our neighbor.
Within the context of family many of our roles have become unclear and therefore our abilities to fulfill them can be drawn into question. We, as a community, as a global family are now unsure of the way forward, we are unsure of one another and we are unsure of ourselves. The role of fatherhood, particularly, has become muddied and our children recognize that there is a wound, and for some, it is festering. We all have a father, some of us are blessed to experience amazing relationships with them, others, not so much, but we all know someone who is “fatherless” on some level. The father wound affects every heart and the Malachi Mission Project is focussed on restoration and renewal, on reconciliation and return. Let us look to The Father for guidance, for courage, for strength and for love. It is only from a place of The Fathers love that we might be healed and begin to help heal our brothers and sisters .
