By Jeff Goins, Editor My Sophomore year in college, five of us guys got together every Thursday night around 11pm and would just share what God was doing in our lives. The desire to do this was born out of the lack of true fellowship we were experiencing in large groups, mainly at the fault … Continue reading How You Start a Movement
By Scott Budzar The most impressionable moments in my life that leave me in a place of striving for humility and seeking to honor the words of our God in terms of “laboring for love and unity” have come from my wife and children. My eight year-old daughter wrote this poem below just a few … Continue reading Peace Is More Than Just a Difference
By Zihna Edwards In my kitchen, there lives a coffee cup that a friend gave me in college. Theres a crack running the side from one move or another, and it is unsuitable for drinking. But drink I do: gulps of great memories, sips of shared sorrows, and the aroma of a rich-roasted friendship. I … Continue reading Lent: A time of letting go and making room
By Mariah Secrest If you and I were to sit down to coffee together, you would quickly learn that my two loves (besides coffee, which makes three) are music and philosophy. File away the part about music for now; I’ll get back to it. For now I want to give a brief sketch of a … Continue reading Wasteful Love: Where Beauty and Social Justice Meet
By Jonathan Foster “We’re all in this together alone.” –Lily Tomlin Field trips these days are amazing. The school our 8th grader attends is taking a trip to Catalina Island off of the Southern California coast (we live in Phoenix, AZ). Our fourth grader last year took an overnight trip to the Grand Canyon (well … Continue reading We’re All In This Together… Alone: God and community
By Kim Daniels We tried to get in touch with Shakira. You know, just to let her know just where all her $40 million went in response to the August 2007 earthquake in Peru. Seriously. We did. Haven’t heard back yet, but “yet” is, indeed, the key word. We’re here in Chincha, Peru for less … Continue reading Shakira, Call Me: Where your money went in Peru
By Brenda Matyis Hurt it hurts not to be loved, her words tripped, then slipped through the phone… then land like a stone on my heart i have nothing can’t fix this… all i have are sleepless nights where i whisper her name in the dark and hope that somehow it will ignite, take flight … Continue reading Hurt: A poem about love and grace
By Karen Swank I am at my dreaded Annual Female Visit, talking to the nicest doctor I’ve ever known. His voice is gentle and his smile is real, and he is not in a hurry at all. He talks to me like one ordinary person to another, somehow making it all okay. What you have … Continue reading Life with Benefits
By Stephanie Fisk I’ve been done with the World Race for a little over two months, and have yet to share this story with anyone. As time goes on, this moment in time becomes more significant as it teaches my spirit a powerful lesson. My mind knew this, but this transformed mindset is beginning to … Continue reading Sweet Morsels: Divine direction in China
By Kristi Porter I live a life of mystery. I wake up every day to uncertainly. I am trained for random possibilities. Circumstance and opportunity constantly present themselves. I wouldnt say danger is my middle name, per se, but if youve ever driven in Atlanta traffic, you know its there. Am I a spy? No. … Continue reading Safety Last: A recovering control freak