We left Barcelona in 2022 with a clear call to Belfast — and expected to arrive within months. Instead, we entered a long season of waiting, wondering, and learning to grow in the desert. This is the story of what happened, what we’ve learned, and how you can walk with us as we prepare for what’s next.

The institutional church is at a “Calibrate your Phone’s Compass” moment. To be fair, this is a reoccurring phenomenon in the Judeo-Christian story. There are many stories in the scriptures of faithful individuals and communities choosing to calibrate their compasses. In fact, the Christian church was birthed out of just such a moment.

Ministry is tough on its best days, and quarantine is possibly the least conducive context from which to start a new program from scratch. “You’d have to be crazy to push forward,” some would say.

“Hold my tapas,” we responded.