By Stephanie Fisk From Mexico: “Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to get along happily whether I have much or little. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach … Continue reading The Classroom of Life: Lessons from the field
By Kari Miller Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply from the heart. -1 Peter 1:22 We all long to be known. I mean really known. We long to invite someone else into the vulnerable place where our heart … Continue reading Intimacy Becomes Reality: Thoughts on God from Uganda
By Tom Davis Each Sunday, millions of Christians in America gather to worship the God who commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves. We belt out praises to the God who tells us that pure and undefiled religion is caring for widows and orphans in their distress. We kneel in pious prayer before the … Continue reading Why Do Christians Suck?
By Jeff Goins, Editor Paul and I drove to downtown Nashville, found an overpriced parking garage, prayed, and took our backpack full of apples and assorted energy bars to the riverside. Immediately, we saw a man sitting on the bench. We approached him and offered him an apple. He declined, saying that he didn’t have … Continue reading Finding Calcutta: My first brush with the poor
By Denise Becker In the midst of tears behind doubt’s cloudy veil Our Lord will battle the fear Taking time for relief love and comfort strengthens our belief Love that is given freely and joyfully from He who has risen Times of prayer always give thanks to the one who cares Our Lord is Faithful … Continue reading In Times of Need
By Ruth Wilkinson So, about a month ago, my friend E., who is a short brown woman with a taste for rudely worded, black T-shirts, went into the bank. She approached the teller and asked to open an account, producing a government check she wanted to start having direct deposited. The teller asked whether she … Continue reading Blessing Is A Two-Way Street
By Lorie Newman Our son, Ian, is spending his summer in Swaziland, Africa. Last Saturday we made the long drive to the Adventures In Missions headquarters near Atlanta to leave him at training camp. I have been so excited for Ian as he has sent out support letters, collected mission supplies, and packed two suitcases … Continue reading Letting Go of Your Children: Off to the mission field
By Lauren Deville When I opened my acceptance package to Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, a bunch of confetti saguaros, suns, and chili peppers fell all over my floor. I just got an interview at Bastyr in Seattle too, but of all things, I think the confetti might have sold me on Tempe. I watched … Continue reading Some Confetti for My Overblown Idealism
By Mariah Secrest I’m thrilled with the push for Christian authors who are finally engaging the fact that we live in a postmodern world and need to re-think our paradigms of faith and culture in light of those facts. I really sense a revolution happening within the Christian faith, particularly among the younger generations. The … Continue reading unChristian: A New Generation’s Thoughts on Christianity
By Felicity Dale A few months ago I had the incredible privilege of visiting Puerto Ayacucho, a town in Venezuala just outside the Amazon Jungle. The town was mostly made up of tribesmen recently moved out of the jungle while those living in the jungle still lived rather primitive lifestyles. While there, I met a … Continue reading The Amazing Sophie Muller: Tale of a missionary in Colombia