By Kim Kinsley Wrecked just sent our editor Amanda to Thailand to cover the sex trade there and help prostitutes find better jobs. To give you some perspective, this was written by Kim Kinsley on April 5, 2006 during her trip to Thailand : As we got out of the cab, a blanket of heaviness … Continue reading $1-2 Women
By Deana Hartman “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?” -Dorothy Day. Right before Christmas last year, FirstLight had an All-Ages Worship focusing on “Finding Hope” during advent. “All -Ages Worship” includes interactive stations for … Continue reading Candles and Revolutions
By Bethany Mahan WRECKED: Where did these photos come from, and what motivated you to take them? Bethany Mahan: I started taking pictures about about six months ago. Ive been working at a ministry for homeless teens and through working with the clients and other team members, the idea of a book was born. I … Continue reading Photos from the Gutter
By Jeff Goins, Editor The God of Intimacy and Action By Tony Campolo and Mary Albert Darling Campolo and Darling team up in The God of Intimacy and Action: Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice to bring readers the holistic gospel, a union of mystical encounters with Christ and essential action. They point to … Continue reading Book Review: The God of Intimacy and Action
By Lyn Hanush On a 4026.5 mile walking journey that took her from Blaine, Washington, to Key West, Florida, in fourteen-and-a-half-months, Lyn Hanush, a grandmother from Paso Robles, California says she prayed for America and the people she met all along the way. Wrecked had the privilege of interviewing her this week on the book … Continue reading On Prayer Walking Across America
By Narelle Tout Though I produce powerful images and moving artistic statements; If I create without love to touch and point to God it is futile and empty. And though I be a gifted artist, able to render incredible pieces in many mediums; though my art hangs in big important galleries and influences nations, if … Continue reading Love Chapter
By Stephanie Fisk The pioneering spirit leads the adventurous through the wilderness. It beckons to the restless soul. The wanderer finds drive in the vision itself…in the unknown. Risk is not a word that indicates “caution”; instead it screams “you’re heading in the right direction; come just a little closer”. This apostolic spirit plows a … Continue reading Pioneering Spirit
By CJ Speelman Parea is a Greek Word that basically means “circle of close friends.” When we chose that name for our community, we wanted it to embody who we were, not just to ourselves as a group of people, but also those who we encounter as we minister in Old Town Victorville. It speaks … Continue reading My House is Empty, Pt. 1
By Seren Frost This week Wrecked had the privilege of interviewing Seren Frost about the organization she is starting called LACES. Seren returned to the United States in August of 2006 from volunteering and participating in a discipleship training program for six months with Mercy Ships, and since returning her heart has continued to long … Continue reading LACES – Interviewing the Founder
By Mallorie Miller From Swaziland… It was as if, for a moment, the world stopped spinning. I moved out to the hallway and slid down the wall to the floor. I knew that this was one of those moments that changes people that I was changing but I couldn’t feel anything. I couldn’t think. I … Continue reading When Silence Falls