By Karen Swank I remembered Tina* this morning (*not her real name) and I cried. Reading an article by someone who ministers in a marginalized neighborhood, I was swept by a single phrase back to...
Read More →By Laura McLester We live in a nice suburb of Washington DC amongst unnamed buildings related to national security and tall engineering/computer organizations that many would easily recognize (Boeing sound familiar?), all in the shadow...
Read More →By Aaron Daffern Grow up and be responsible. Get a good education, get married, and provide for your family. Hopefully, if all works out well, you’ll have 2.5 kids and be mortgaged up to your...
Read More →By Lacey Gustavsen “Strippers aren’t people.” I couldn’t quite wrap my head around this statement as it came out of one of my friend’s mouth. “Well, if they aren’t people, what are they? Aliens? Or...
Read More →By Jeff Goins, Editor Recently, I was given one of those rare, beautiful insights into a life that has been well-lived. It was from a senior member of our church who is one of the...
Read More →By Shauna Niequist We’re excited to feature an excerpt from Shauna Niequist‘s new book Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way. You may remember Shauna from the book giveaway she did with...
Read More →By Hannah Neumann I recently read a very thought-provoking article titled “Slumdog Tourism“. Basically, it’s the thoughts of an African man (who grew up in a Nairobi slum) on the phenomenon of “slum tourism”. He...
Read More →By Anonymous The body is one, but made of many parts. Most believers buy into this, and yet, we forget that bodies only function well when all the parts are connected and work together. I...
Read More →By Curtis Honeycutt Dear “Wounded”: Just the mention of the word “church” leaves a bad taste in your mouth and may cause you to throw up in your mouth a little. You recall old scars...
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