By Lorie Newman My most important spiritual lessons were not learned in a Sunday School classroom, a Bible Study group, or a Sanctuary. They were learned in the presence of poverty, death, and suffering. They were learned from the eyes of a hungry orphan, the words of a sick widow, the smile of an abandoned … Continue reading Comfortable Christianity: Lessons from Africa
By Harold Vance In Christ Being in Christ, My perception is resurrected, Raised from the death of dim, dreary cynicism. I look at the world through new eyes. Where once I saw despair And sunk to the depths, Losing my humanity, Trading it in, Now I see hope Upon hope Upon hope … Continue reading In Christ: A Poem
By Seth Barnes, Founder of Adventures in Missions Jesus looked out over the crowds and his heart broke with compassion for them. That’s one of the reasons he moved around so much. He was the original missionary, leaving the security of his stomping grounds and going to places he’d never seen where he healed and … Continue reading The Missionary Heart of Jesus
By Matt Snyder There are so many times that I just think I could be doing better. I always feel like I could be doing that much more than what I already am. It’s easy to walk these streets and feel like I’m a Christian who has it all together, that just because I had … Continue reading One Step Behind: How to help beggars
By Derek R. Iannelli-Smith I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. (John 17:23 NASB) I recently wrote an article called “Prophets & Idiots,” and in it I describe how … Continue reading Unity in the Body of Christ: Inside and outside of church
By Jimmy McCarty The small town of San Pablo wasn’t necessarily the worst place I’d ever been or seen. True, the sewer lined cobblestone streets reeked of urine and waste water, and the mange-ridden and diseased canine population was out of control. But all in all, it was quaint. Old Catholic edifices graced every couple … Continue reading Robbed of Desperation
By Mariah Secrest Last month we ran a review of Andy Crouch’s book Culture Making. I can’t recommend this book highly enough; I still find myself mentally referring to some of the concepts in my daily goings-on as well as in the way I think about the world. It’s a work that is both scholastically … Continue reading Author Interview: Culture Making’s Andy Crouch
By Carlos Solorzano Upon hearing the first single I Will Not Be Moved on a local Christian radio station, I knew that I needed to get my hands on Natalie Grant’s latest CD. It has not been a disappointment. With the first single being a high energy song with a great melodic hook, I was … Continue reading Album Review: Relentless by Natalie Grant
By Joe Gomez One hundred and three years later, Einstein has been proven right. Its taken more than a century, but Einsteins celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational effort by French, German and Hungarian physicists. A brainpower consortium led by Laurent Lellouch of Frances Centre for Theoretical Physics, using … Continue reading Trusting the Seeds of Ministry
By Sammi Deem If I were to begin to talk about arts and music, the subject of this very section, it would be my safe guess that the concept of passion would not be far from your mind. The careful patron of the arts would notice however, that it takes more than passion to make … Continue reading Album Review: Close to the Edge by Blessid Union of Souls