By Mac Bridger If the message of Jesus is so wonderful, why are we only convincing 10% of our community? In my local area, where there are about 22,000 inhabitants, no more than about 2,000 go to the 14 churches in my town. So I have been going back to the beginning. Going through Mark’s … Continue reading The Message of Jesus: A Street Faith
By Erin Almand The tribes in Papua New Guinea speak over 1/5 of the world’s languages. One of the biggest tribes in the mountainous area is the Moni Tribe. The other night a missionary named John Cutts came by our house to talk to my family and some friends. John lives with the Moni tribe … Continue reading Lessons from the Bush: The Moni Tribe
By Tom Schiavon The effects of sin are everywhere. I don’t mean the personal sin that we usually think of, where person X does something wrong. I mean the effects of original sin, that event caused by Adam that was so catastrophic that it brought death and disease into the world, and was so total … Continue reading Hope and Original Sin
By Dan Matheson Cameron Blake En Route (2009) This Is All The Love Song Never Died Fit Right In Change Of Pace Hudson Line Harness On My Way To Jordan Interlude Lonely Towns When It Comes Down To It Monarch Hospital Singer/Songwriter Cameron Blake‘s sophomore album En Route is a moving piece of art house … Continue reading Music Review: Cameron Blake’s En Route
By Dave Hopwood I’m fed up with people taking the Bible so seriously. Don’t get me wrong it’s the most important book in the world to me but that’s why I’m frustrated. The more you get to know someone and something the more you love them/it and the more relaxed you are in their company. … Continue reading Stop Taking the Bible So Seriously!
By Sarah Fujimoto I met him last week. A 10 year old kid, he rides with his sibling to the gym. While his sibling works, he occupies his time with various activities. Seemingly bored at times, he fills the five hours playing with children too young, pacing around, and sitting in our chairs at the … Continue reading Life Lessons: A Boy In A Cafe
By Tom Caylor This morning I went jogging around the neighborhood during the Sunday morning service hour. (Before you write me off as a heathen, let me just say that my family had our special Sunday time later in the day. More of that later…) During my grueling jaunt in the Arizona sun I passed … Continue reading Where Would Jesus Park?
By Wrecked for the Ordinary From the Washington Times: Students, teachers and local pastors are protesting over a court case involving a northern Florida school principal and an athletic director who are facing criminal charges and up to six months in jail over their offer of a mealtime prayer. There have been yard signs, T-shirts … Continue reading Jailed for Public Prayer (and Ensuing Protests)
By George Elerick Our family used to go to the beach a lot. We used to spend time on the old rickety wooden piers that seemed to tell stories of those who have walked before. It was beautiful scenery with birds flying through the air like dancers on a stage. One of my favorite things … Continue reading What It Really Means to Repent
By Karen Swank The beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair. -Relient K, “Be My Escape“ I have my own little rogues’ gallery on the side of my refrigerator – mugshots cut from the newspaper. It’s kind of around the corner and out of the way, yet close enough I can … Continue reading Refrigerator People and the Unfair Grace of God