By Lorie Newman As I look back on my life of 36 years, I can see incident upon incident where God has orchestrated certain situations in my life that created in me a heart for the poor and the outcast, the widow and the orphan. Some of those life experiences were painful, and some were … Continue reading May I Beg for Your Food?
By Karen Swank It’s Sunday morning and I am getting ready…not for church, but for work. My awesome new job requires me to work Sundays 8-4, on a temporary-but-indefinite basis. It’s a possibility I really didn’t consider, all this long last year as I was gleefully anticipating being called into full time ministry. I have … Continue reading Church Consumerism
By Joe Gomez “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid…” There seem to be verses in the Bible that just jump out and hit you in the face with conviction every time you read them. For me, Matthew 9:37 (“Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.”) is one … Continue reading Gatorade Tears: Welcome to the mission field
By Lauren Deville I graduated college completely decimated. I had lost most of what I thought I was headed towards and had absolutely no idea who I was or what I wanted to do with my life and the funny thing was, I hadn’t even known that I didn’t know until right then. Having lost … Continue reading Grasping for Significance: How to survive graduation
By Mariah Secrest I have a confession to make to the pop rock mainstay band downhere. When Jeff and I had the chance to sit down for a few minutes and talk with them about life and music, they said that two main reasons kept them on the road. One was the camaraderie they had … Continue reading Voices in Culture: downhere Interview
By Elysa MacLellan Book Review: Confessions of a Good Christian Guy By Tom Davis My husband and I just finished reading CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD CHRISTIAN GUY by Tom Davis. Tom is the president of CHILDREN’S HOPECHEST, a ministry to orphans primarily in Russia and Swaziland. Underneath the title of the book’s cover are the … Continue reading Confessions of a Good Christian Guy: Book Review
By Keri Labrant Solidarity – unity (as of a group or class) that produces or is based on community of interests, objectives, and standards (Merriam-Webster); from French solidaire meaning interdependent (Online Etymology Dictionary) What is solidarity, anyway? Ive found myself using that word quite a bit in the last few months and yet suspiciously unable … Continue reading Solidarity: What does it mean?
By Julian Newman This past week I had a very important appointment. I was going on a roller skating field trip with my daughters second grade class. So on this Tuesday I made some room in my schedule and headed down to the roller rink. After scrambling in the door and paying my $5.00 entry … Continue reading Kisses and Roller Skates
By Jody Matheson Book Review Young Restless, Reformed: A journalist’s journey with the new Calvinists Before picking up Young, Restless, Reformed, I thought a Calvinist was someone who enjoyed Bill Wattersons Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. The names Jonathan Edwards, John Piper, even John Calvin himself were people that I had not been exposed to … Continue reading Young, Restless, Reviewed: The new Calvinists
By Karen Swank So, have you saved anyone yet? The question is asked with a knowing smile and cynical edges around the eyes. It’s been aimed at me many times already in the three weeks I’ve been working at the shelter for abused women. It’s a companion to the “wisdom” that was passed along to … Continue reading Christian Service and Saving the World