By Jeff Goins, Editor Notes from my journal, the last week of January, 2007: I am wrapping up my time in Mexico, a fifteen-day trip that has turned my world upside down. Here is a snapshot of my surroundings: A handful of young Jesus-followers share the Gospel with a couple curious drunks that wandered off … Continue reading Reflections from a Mexico Mission Trip
By Jeff Goins, Editor Church is simple. You really should try it. It’s Wednesday night when I’m writing this, and I’ve just returned from a fellowship gathering at the house of one of our church members who is allowing us to meet there, even when they’re out of town. We sat in their living room, … Continue reading Church Is Simple
By Jeff Goins, Editor The other week, I met a friend for dinner. During the course of our meal, we discussed all kinds of issues from theology to social justice. We lamented the state of the church with critical attitudes and admitted that we ourselves were part of the problem. We both expressed desires to … Continue reading Learning About Redemption from the Poor
By Derek R. Iannelli-Smith Was Jesus a revolutionary? What does that mean, and what doesn’t it mean? The Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines revolutionary’ as, “constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change.” Today’s church’ likes it’s post-modern terms and “Jesus the revolutionary” is one of those that possibly gets caught up in the … Continue reading Was Jesus a Revolutionary?
By Sammi Deem When a band contains Christ-followers, there is always that touchy subject of whether the band is a Christian band or not. Generally the answer to this question puts them either in the Christian fan base and market or in the secular (a.k.a. mainstream) market. Cool Hand Luke make no implications that they … Continue reading Voices in Culture: Cool Hand Luke
By Trey Lyon Continued from From Exclusion to Embrace: Three stories of poverty and compassion Three: From my office-cave I pecked away at the keyboard, blissfully unaware of the tall man with the scraggly beard who had made his way into the church office. After a little while, I picked up a few details. He … Continue reading From Exclusion to Embrace, Pt. 2: Three stories of poverty and compassion
By Ben Girdler Christmas morning, I was in a car crash that sent my fiance to the hospital for several hours and totaled my truck. A week and a half later, my fiance found out that she will lose her health benefits at the end of January. A week after that, I lost my job … Continue reading God Provides: The stress of life and generosity of people
By Sarah Fujimoto What do darkness and light have in common? Does darkness encapsulate light? I was reminded of this dichotomy the other night while looking at the bright and seemingly stagnant moon that was surrounded by dark shifting shadows. Formed around the moon was an almost perfect circle of light that covered the darkness … Continue reading Julia LoVan Dresses: Fashion and Poverty
By Karen Swank “I have no fear of drowning. It’s the breathing that’s taking all this work…” -Jars of Clay, “Work” Yesterday morning, a respected elected official in my town killed himself. This morning, I sobbed myself sick driving to work as I prayed for his family and our community. The sky was gray, … Continue reading Perusings of a Recovering Hope Killer
By Jeff Goins, Editor Recently Wrecked editor Jeff Goins sat down with Canadian cartoonist David Hayward, author of NakedPastor.com. Dave, who are you and what do you do when youre not blogging and cartooning? Well, to be honest, I really dont spend much time blogging and cartooning. I almost always have my cartoon drawn and … Continue reading Interview: David Hayward of NakedPastor.com