By Sarah Gillis As a student studying abroad in Nicaragua, I looked forward to the breaks between lectures to explore the heart of Latin America. Today was my chance to experience an historical park in the city of Managua. In a bid to capitalize on my free time, I spread my hands out wide and … Continue reading The Cart Boy – Winner of the Social Justice Writing Contest
By Wrecked For The Ordinary Do you like free books? Do you like to share your story? Wrecked for the Ordinary is looking for creative articles that capture a faith story. It can be yours, another’s, or your grandmother’s. It can be a full perspective or a snippet. Media of expression can be creative, i.e. video, … Continue reading Free Books: Tell Your Story Contest
By Brooke Luby Everyone begins life in awareness of God. As time passes, we “grow up” and lose this awareness. As my favorite band Sleeping At Last poetically puts it: “When the world welcomes us in, we’re closer to heaven then we’ll ever know. They say this place has changed, but strip away all of … Continue reading Oh, There You Are, God
By Sarah Fujimoto With my mom overcoming cancer right now she has lost most of her hair. I remember back in April after I found out, I was talking to a friend at school while on a personal rant. I was sharing some of my thoughts with her and the most recent idea to possibly … Continue reading I Am Not My Hair: Standards of Beauty
By Jesse Medina With the advent of postmodernism and its wide embrace in our culture, there was a backlash against it by Christians. Postmodernism brought the ultimate death in the notion of any concept of absolute truth and, therefore, God. As is often the case, when the culture swings one way, the Church swings hard … Continue reading Are There Non-Negotiable Beliefs for Christians?
By Carole Turner The first time I walked into a strip club, I knew I was doing the right thing. Sometimes I get to answer the question “what is midnight outreach?” I love talking about it because I think it is one of the most amazing outreaches I get to be a part of. What’s … Continue reading Midnight Outreach: Ministry in the Strip Clubs
By Carole Turner I can read of you and I feel something. I even cry when I see you thin and hungry. I judge you when you hold a sign, when you smell, or look ugly. I drive by you walking in the rain. I see you sleeping on the street again. When I touch … Continue reading The Poor: A Poem
By Karen Swank I was reading a novel that I’d picked up at the library, written by one of my favorite writers of historical fiction. I hadn’t bothered with my usual habit of reading the back cover to see what it was about; this author could be trusted to be interesting. I was too far … Continue reading Valuable, Beautiful, Worthy
By Kelly Chadwick “How are you?” “I’m fine, thank you, how are you, Auntie?” Hope* and I have this conversation multiple times each day because it’s about the only English she knows how to speak. One day I caught her crying in the stairwell and immediately asked what was wrong. With tears streaming down her … Continue reading Redemption on the Streets of Bangalore, India
By Joshua Davis According to UNICEF, the status of Guatemala’s country-wide nutrition is one of the worst in the entire Central American region. 23% of children between the ages of three and five months suffer from general malnutrition across the country. Malnourished in GuatemalaA 2008 census in the school system of Guatemala revealed that … Continue reading Malnourished in Guatemala