By Jeff Goins, Editor I was meeting my friend Saul for breakfast early one Friday morning, before we started our last day of work for the week. I brought in a book that had been recommended to me by a friend on the off-chance that I’d get a few minutes to read a couple pages … Continue reading A Tale of Three Kings: A Parable for Every Church
By Eric Paul This may seem a little absurd to some. I mean, its just a Christmas store and Christmas is the day we celebrate Christs birth by showing others how much we care. We give presents, eat giant hams, spend hundreds on electricity, and read the second chapter of Luke. So why then should … Continue reading Christmas in July: Consumerism in Christ’s Name
By Jeff Campbell It was mostly out of a sense of duty that I visited my grandmother. I don’t really believe myself when I say it its not that I don’t care for her; in fact, I care for her very much. Its just hard to see her not know who I am, to be … Continue reading The Hand that Feeds Her: Caring for the elderly
By Kari Miller Continued from Innocence Lost: Effects of the war in Uganda Paul came back for the burial of her family members and she clung to him. She was devastated and terrified that she and her daughter could end up in the ground next to them. The stress of wondering whether you would be … Continue reading Innocence Lost (Pt. 2)
By Mariah Secrest It only takes about two seconds to like the band members from 7eventh Time Down. These Kentucky boys will welcome you at once with their good-natured banter and laid-back persona. But dont let them fool you. On stage, they mean business. Straight up rock n rollers, they blend classic rock tactics to … Continue reading Voices in Culture: 7eventh Time Down
By Jeff Campbell There is this field in my mind and in it I am reaping what I have sown. Every day, all day, I am reaping what I sowed. And it is always day. There is one row of the field, and it is endless, almost endless in front of me and behind me. … Continue reading Reaping and Sowing and Carrying Jesus’ Yoke
By Jeff Goins, Editor Continued from Searching for a Spiritual Father, Pt. 2 Like I said, there were other father figures, but I just can’t take the time to talk about all of them. One was a man named David. A little bit thin on the top of his head, with a slightly metro-sexual bent … Continue reading Searching for a Spiritual Father, Pt. 3
By Sara Shelton Today we visited the largest slum village in Nairobi. We spent the day walking miles through the slums and it was unreal. Their homes are nothing but dirt huts with pieces of cloth to act as doors. They all work right out of their backyards I guess you could say. They grow … Continue reading Living Simply and Loving Well in Africa
By Karen Swank My parents are still married. Once upon a time, this was not an unusual statement to make. These days, it’s becoming more and more an aberration. My parents are still married (it must be 43 years now) despite the fact that they began with many strikes against them in the department of … Continue reading Christians and Divorce: Stay Together for the Kids?
By Kari Miller A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families -Psalm 68:5-6 Joyce grew up in the quiet peacefulness of village life. She loved her parents and they loved her, always taking good care of her. She learned to cook traditional … Continue reading Innocence Lost: Effects of the war in Uganda