By Ruth Wilkinson It’s pouring rain-buckets. And its moving day. S. and her family are on their way. Everything is in boxes, the key has been arranged for. All there is to do now is actually go. I had to work today, but swung by to say good bye and see if I could lift … Continue reading Moving Day: Who I Want to Be
By Dirk Hamp During June of 2008, we returned to Uganda with a team of 45 people, many of them youth, to Kaihura in Western Uganda to work in our daughters home village. We lived in the village, learned about the childrens needs, carried the water with them, ate with them and shared their rooms. … Continue reading Days of Significance: Embrace Uganda
By Jamie Finch And still I am a child of something more. Formed and fashioned by and for a storm of wild grace Unimagined and uncalled for Scandalously unwarranted and undeserved For truly I am not my own. This Love has called me out Has led me away and swept me up Oh, to be … Continue reading A Child of Something More
By Tom Schiavon Anyone in the room could have seen the eyebrows rise as the patrons saw her crumpled image appear on the other side of the glass door. In a city like New York, she shouldn’t have stood out. But here, in the pristine financial district of Manhattan, she looked a little out of … Continue reading Hot Coffee, Cold City: The frail woman in Manhattan
By Ben Girdler Do you ever feel like Christianity today may not be all it was intended to be? That we have somehow messed up our part of the relationship? In light of these thoughts, I recently sat down with author Jonathan Almanzar to discuss his new book, An Open Apology, co-authored by Aaron Havens. … Continue reading An Open Apology: A Journey from Christianity to Christ
By Mariah Secrest A bands name says a lot, doesnt it? Much of a bands coolness factor owes itself to just the right moniker, one that encapsulates the deep artistic intentions and straddles that slim tightrope of making sense on the one hand and meeting a certain quotient of mystery on the other hand. The … Continue reading Voices in Culture: Raining & OK
By Will Shelton After much pressure, I finally saw the film Facing The Giants. If you haven’t seen or heard of this movie, Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA created this thing in 2006, one of those “Christian movies” that actually made its way to theaters. Then it made its way to DVDs and youth … Continue reading The God We Need
By Vera Mielke I met her on one of my very first shifts on the ward. She was a translator serving with Mercy Ships. Her name was Judy Ben. From the moment we met there was a connection between us. As I sit here in my cabin in reflection, I remember that day as if … Continue reading With a Name: Mercy Ships in Africa
By Christi Bowman The American church is in exile. We are looking for our lover, but He has left. He tired of waiting. He stood at the door and He knocked. Shivering cold, He knocked. We didn’t want to get dressed; we didn’t want to get our feet dirty, so He left (Song of Solomon … Continue reading Exile of the American Church
By Ben Girdler I love you so much. I cant thank God enough for you. You are my support. You have changed my life. I love you beyond words. Just wanted you to know. Goodnight. I got that text just the other day from my fiancee while she was out of town for a school … Continue reading God Smiles: The Joy of Relationship