By Cameron Cary From Cambodia. Though in many ways still underdeveloped, Phnom Penh is a bustling city with many opportunities to experience the history, sight-see, shop, and enjoy the culture. Cars, tuk tuks, and motos alike crowd the dirty streets, with no sense of traffic direction and a constant honking of horns. On a day … Continue reading Beggars at the Feast
By Karen Swank I woke this morning the first time around 3:30 a.m. I had left the window above my bed open; the room was deliciously cold, and my pillows and covers luxuriously soft. One of the things I love about waking at that hour is that it somehow makes rising at five seem like … Continue reading Awake at 3am: Musings in the morning
By Karen Swank who am i that You should choose this hour and this place appointed just for me the least trustworthy of all, it seems smallest in might quickest to nurse imagined wounds most prone to dwell in darkness refusing the balm You offer in abundance who am i all around me i see … Continue reading Unlikely Vessel: Chosen by God
By Stephanie Fisk Myanmar (previously Burma) has been under attack since the seventies – by their own government. And it’s not getting any better. Imagine the Mexico/USA frontier; move it to Asia and place it between Myanmar and Thailand. Compared to Myanmar, Thailand appears to be a wealthy country. Just like Mexicans, people from Myanmar … Continue reading Burma Struggles to Breathe
By Jimmy McCarty Uganda is a beautiful country. From the Rwenzori mountain range to Lake Victoria and the headwaters of the Nile River there is natural beauty to be found everywhere. The people of Uganda are beautiful people as well. I would like to tell you of two families, and the beautiful way they extended … Continue reading Hospitality in Uganda: A Tale of Two Families
By Amanda Dums From Cambodia. My heart has once again been ripped out of my chest. In the midst of seeing other people’s pain I find myself looking more and more selfish. We pulled up to the orphanage today in our little red tuk-tuk like we always do every morning at nine. Before we could … Continue reading Tears Fall Hard
By Ron Sider An estimate from the United Nations in 1980 stated, Women work two-thirds of the worlds working hours, produce half of the worlds food, and yet earn only 10 percent of the worlds income and own less than 1 percent of the worlds property. Unfortunately, we do not have nearly enough hard data … Continue reading Injustices Against Women
By Mark Zimmerman Continued from Back to Jerusalem By June of 2006, I had walked in the front door of Building Hope in the City – www.buildinghopeinthecity.org – a ministry of Trinity Lutheran Church at West 30th and Lorain in Clevelands Ohio City neighborhood. There are many inner city ministries in Cleveland. Certainly lots of … Continue reading Back to Jerusalem, Pt. 2
By Narelle Tout Aboriginal Youth Breathe Together Jordan Come Forth The Road You Choose Click on the above images to enlarge Aboriginal Youth The one titled “Aboriginal Youth” is simply because I really love the aboriginal people. I think that they are so very beautiful, and I love to draw them – especially in chalk … Continue reading Faith on Canvas
By Matt Kok faces. The pictures in this collage are simple. They are pictures of faces the faces of the kids and teens I worked with on a First Nations (Native American) Reserve in Northern Ontario. Many of these photos were taken by the kids themselves. Every once in a while they would ask to … Continue reading The Faces of First Nations