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 Jonathan Foster What keeps us from beginning… or finishing? Fear of… Others Pain Rejection Failure Change Embarrassment Vulnerability Critics Loss Poverty Being Wrong Madness Death Success _________ (fill in the blank) I watched the movie, Valkyrie recently. Good film, though it was sobering. I was reminded that Hitler wanted to be an artist. This … Continue reading Beginnings and Endings
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
By Karen Swank The first day we went driving in Switzerland, something was noticeably missing. I waited and watched awhile. Finally, feeling rather foolish, I asked my hosts, “Don’t you have semi trucks here?” We were on the highway, and I had not seen a single big truck. Trucks, I learned, are banned from the … Continue reading Switzerland: Notes from the Mountains
By John Delannoy Untitled – John Delannoy Untitled-John Delannoy John is currently a full-time intern with Metro Kidz International at the Los Angeles Dream Center. He runs the Metro Kidz Media office creating vblogs for the ministry and satisfying Metro Kidz International’s diverse online and printing needs. In addition to motion and still graphics, he … Continue reading Artist Corner: Featuring Art by John Delannoy
By Ben MacKinnon Answers are one thing the Christian community has no shortage of. So many of my peers have the most matter-of-fact responses to some of the most confounding conundrums within mankind’s general understanding of existence. Whether it’s why things are the way they are, why they won’t be what they can be, or why they … Continue reading What If We’re Wrong: Reflections On Faith
By Karen Swank The first sounds I heard in Switzerland made me chuckle. I had deplaned in Zurich and was riding an immaculate little train through a spotless tunnel to the main part of the airport. The sound track kicked on. It wasn’t music. A cow mooing, her bell clanking….sheep bleating…and then there was the … Continue reading The Sounds of Switzerland: A Symphony of Languages and Bells
By Brian Onken I sat in my office, listening to another story of trouble and difficulty. This couple sitting with me was between work, needing help, struggling financially. I was thinking, “What would Jesus do?” Yes, the WWJD thought is clich, but it seemed appropriate. But then is dawned on me, maybe it really wasn’t … Continue reading Not WWJD, But What is Jesus Doing?
By Jeff Campbell What is the nature of the soul, and how is it related to the mind and the brain? Why do bad things happen to good people, how do these trials shape them, and what can be said of God when there seems to be no relief? What does it mean to be … Continue reading Is Mental Illness the Church’s Dirty Little Secret?
By Karen Swank It was a question that first made me think I was getting a little further away from home. I had finally boarded my plane in New York, having missed my original connection and survived a slightly infuriating re-booking process, about which I told myself that I was on vacation, so it didn’t … Continue reading Switzerland: A Shift in Perspective