By Jeff Goins and Jamie Tworkowski You’ve probably seen the T-shirts at concerts, or maybe you’ve come across a MySpace banner, but you may have been like us, wondering what the whole story of To Write Love On Her Arms was really about. This past week, Wrecked got the chance to talk to Jamie Tworkowski, … Continue reading To Write Love on Her Arms: An Interview with the Founder
By Jeff Goins, Editor This word – community – that we throw around (sometimes cavalierly) is, in practice, pretty tough. Part of what Jesus was teaching his twelve disciples by calling them to join an itinerant ministry for three years was that they would have nothing to depend onstable jobs, comfortable homes, or guaranteed mealsbut … Continue reading Real Community is Hard
By Stephanie Fisk She is led into the room, just like many before her. She grips the arm of her leader. An old, tattered, grey shirt is wrapped around her head. Blue cloth hangs loosely off her body as her bony shoulders poke out between the holes. A wrap skirt clings tightly to her waist, … Continue reading Church in Africa
By Deana Hartman Stela came to be a part of our family in an unusual way. I did not give birth, nor was there a foster care period or hearing for an adoption. Instead, I found Stela online. I placed her biography in a shopping cart and ‘checked out’. This process took about fifteen minutes … Continue reading Global Kin
By Josh Casper Is is he a man? asked Lucy. Aslan a man! said Mr. Beaver sternly. Certainly not. I tell you he is the King of wood and the son of the great Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea. Dont you know who is the King of the Beasts? Aslan is a lion the Lion, the great Lion. Ooh, … Continue reading To Touch the Dying: A summer with Word Made Flesh
By Paul Kuritz An introduction by the publisher: Paul Kuritz’s newest book, The Fiery Serpent (Winepress, December 2006), is unique in setting forth a Christian theory of theatre arts and answering key questions about its purpose and practice today, such as: What causes a work of dramatic theatre to come into being? What is the … Continue reading An Interview on The Fiery Serpent
By Stephanie Fisk In Mozambique the supernatural pervades the natural on a daily basis. The blind see, the deaf hear, sore, crippled backs are transformed into dancing bodies. Joy is prevalent and contagious, I see this everyday. A revival is here. The Holy Spirit is taking over Mozambique individual by individual. The supernatural manifests and … Continue reading A Supernatural Reality
By Jeff Goins, Editor Continued from Lucky $2 Bill: Introduction: I used to collect coins. About six months ago, I sold my coin collection to make some extra money and to simplify my possessions. I kept a $2 bill as a remembrance of that hobby. Ever since then, I had been carrying the bill around … Continue reading Lucky $2 Bill, Part II
By Amanda Petersen Amanda writes as she prepares to visit Thailand for several months this summer. You can read some background information on her trip here. I am a month away from Thailand. How does one prepare to go into a place that resembles, perhaps, one of the closest images of hell this world knows? … Continue reading Free to Love
By Deana Hartman Monday evening, I prepared to go teach and lecture this week in the DC area about art quilting. Part of the preparation is to pack items that students may want/need to purchase from me in class (or at lecture). Mostly this is beading tools, bead stews, and patterns. I also offer charms … Continue reading Charmed, I’m Sure