By Lindsey McDonald A few months ago the City of Houston had a huge Christian festival downtown. We took about ten of the youth from our church to see what was supposed to be the city’s greatest Christian event of all time. The idea was great: a majority of the “churches” in the City of … Continue reading Lessons From a Christian Festival
By Luke W Russell Sunday morning you load the kids into the car and head off to church. You pull into the parking lot, and getting into the building you go left down the hallway away from the sanctuary. Danny goes in the twos and threes room, Jamie in Room 20, and then John goes … Continue reading Segregation
By Matt Kok It doesn’t take much to become involved in a conversation about religion. And more often than not, the topic is not even breached by the ‘religious’ ones. This weekend, we found ourselves at a resort in Kamloops. All eleven of us. We know each other through school and through school connections. Over … Continue reading Religion at the Pub
By Zach Binsfeld Somewhere in the distance I heard an alarm clock, a wretched sound, but not one that could evade the swift maneuver of my hand hitting the snooze, repeatedly, with skill. While I was still in a haze, my roommate walked to my bunk and asked me, Is this when Im supposed to … Continue reading Easter on the FOB
By Josh Casper “But, you have a tape after one month you can watch and remember about us” Tony, a night commuter of Northern Uganda In the documentary Invisible Children The Rough Cut, three young filmmakers from California travel to Sudan to document a hidden war. Upon arriving in Sudan, they learned that thousands of … Continue reading Invisible Children: Discovering the Unseen
By Stephanie Fisk As I look up at the vast night sky, the bright, shining stars remind me of the individuals that live inside the confines of Hermano Pedro Hospital in Antigua, Guatemala. My thoughts easily retrace their steps back to the childrens ward. Faces begin to flash through my mind. I feel my heart … Continue reading Shining Stars
By Kimberly Martin God has continually put in my heart a desire to understand what it means to be poor. I have come to realize that there are many different levels of poverty. In America, many claim to be poor if they cannot buy the latest clothing or a new car every few years. Others … Continue reading Understanding Poverty
By Kari Miller As Rebecca and I traveled the dusty bumpy road out to her village, I asked her why she had chosen to spend her life caring for orphans. She became very animated when I asked her this question, turned around in her seat and began another one of her lifes journeys. She was … Continue reading Mercy in Zambia: Story of widows and orphans in Africa
By Jenny Willis Nestled deep in Palenque, Mexico is the thriving little church of Centro Cristiano Maranatha. Built in formerly Zapatista-controlled territory, it serves a small community of Chol believers. The Chol are an indigenous tribe native to these southern parts of Mexico. The Maya’s main territory was here in Palenque until 600 AD when … Continue reading A Seeking Church
By James Gilbert Where do we find joy? In the quiet moments of peace and tranquility, sitting untouched by the world? Lounging on the beach of an exotic island, drink in hand and body relaxed? Or in the AIDS stricken ghettos of Africa? Or the labor camps of Poland during World War II? Her name … Continue reading Surprised by Joy