By Karen Swank I started my “dream job” this week at a Christian shelter for abused women and their children. Part of my training is a big stack of reading on the psychology, sociology, patterns,...
Read More →By Hannah Lythe Kari Miller left for Kampala, Uganda in May 2007 hoping to love the poor. She encountered Dorcas Widows Ministry and found a way to love. She has since become incredibly involved in...
Read More →By Jeff Goins, Editor Continued from Searching for a Spiritual Father There were a few touch-and-go discipling relationships, one of which was J. (not Jay, just J.), the pastor who baptized me my senior year...
Read More →By Erin Almand Church. Exactly what is church? Just what does it mean? Many people associate church with a building, cars parked outside and members dressed in their Sunday best. Church is something we do...
Read More →By Lauren Deville There’s a quote hanging in my hallway taken from U2′s book, Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2. It says: “…when you are given a gift, you have to use it. You...
Read More →By Kelly This is a plea to the American public. More specifically, it is an outcry to the body of Christ. It is a reminder that in this day and age, our hope and trust...
Read More →By Andrew Frazer Have you ever noticed how time doesnt stand still for anyone? Regardless of how much we plead time to pause, fast forward, or even rewind, the reality remains the same: 24 hours...
Read More →By Jeff Goins, Editor I’m currently reading a book called Vintage Jesus: Timeless Answers to Timely Questions by Mark Driscoll, pastor of a megachurch in Seattle. It’s a bit tongue-in-cheek in places, but quite appropriate...
Read More →By Jeff Goins, Editor Have you ever seen the movie Finding Forrester? It’s about a young, African-American teen who has a knack for writing. One day, he ends up in the apartment of a crochity,...
Read More →By Allison Johnston Todd Bentley takes some getting used to. Before I came to Lakeland I watched on God.TV and I personally found his style offensive and arrogant, but after being here in Lakeland for...
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