The White Tent is the name I have chosen for my blog. You may be wondering why that is. The tent was, and still is, a sanctuary. It provided shelter in the desert and respite beside cool, running water. In Biblical times, the patriarchs and their families lived in tents. And during their wilderness wanderings, the people of Israel were tent dwellers, always on the move, looking for fresh pasture and water for their flocks. Clusters of tents sprang up where there was fertile land. In the book of Numbers (24:5-7) Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe and said, "How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel! Like valleys they spread out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes planted by the Lord, like cedars beside the waters. Water will flow from their buckets; their seed will have abundant water."
The tent is a place of rest and rejuvenation. For the Evangelical Gypsies I worked with in Spain, it is also a place of hope and salvation. Periodically, large white tents are erected on the barren grounds of the poorest neighborhoods. Gypsy pastors preach God's Word and talented musicians praise the Lord with their unique style of Christian flamenco. Many lost souls who step inside those tents find not only shelter, but also peace and healing. It is this healing that I would like to share with you.
The tent is a place of rest and rejuvenation. For the Evangelical Gypsies I worked with in Spain, it is also a place of hope and salvation. Periodically, large white tents are erected on the barren grounds of the poorest neighborhoods. Gypsy pastors preach God's Word and talented musicians praise the Lord with their unique style of Christian flamenco. Many lost souls who step inside those tents find not only shelter, but also peace and healing. It is this healing that I would like to share with you.
