By Casey Milleson I’ve touched the faces of AIDS victims, held the hands of orphans, and danced with widows. Sometimes I am amazed by the choices I make. I have been around the world twice to Africa and seen the heartache but because I am here and not there I am apathetic toward the suffering … Continue reading Apathy Towards Suffering: Why America?
By Jeff Goins, Editor The first fifty pages or so of Megashift absolutely enthralled me: tales of people being raised from the dead (and these weren’t Bible stories!), miraculous healings, and mass conversions to Christ awakened my sleeping spirit that was accustomed to letting God off the hook. I had been downplaying the call of … Continue reading Megashift by James Rutz: The reality of worldwide miracles
By Mariah Secrest I dont think that the television show Friends is meant to evoke deep emotion or dredge up tears from the unknown deep within. Yet as I flipped on the show last night, looking for a quick distraction from work while I ate dinner, I was surprisingly caught off guard by the symbolism … Continue reading Against All Hope: Happily ever after
By Lauren Deville I used to get kicked out of Bible studies (or at least pulled aside for a private talking-to) on a semi-regular basis, and I was rather self-righteously proud of it, because I thought it evidence of the fact that I thought about what I believed, and I challenged others (particularly other Christians) … Continue reading The End of Faith: Does religious tolerance make any sense?
By Jody Matheson No one has ever confused me for a fashionista. Mostly because I don’t know what a fashionista is. On the other hand, I thought I knew what the Armor of God was. I had studied it, and even spoke on it in ministry and gospel outreach meetings. At one time, I tried … Continue reading Book Review: Dressed to Kill
By Jeff Goins, Editor Continued from Finding Calcutta After climbing over a waist-high, cement barricade that read “DEATH” in spray paint, navigating through some overgrown vines and shrubbery, and stumbling down a worn path that would have sent you head-first into the river if you took just one wrong step, we came upon an abode … Continue reading Finding Calcutta: My first brush with the poor, Pt. 2
By Stephanie Fisk From Mexico: “Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to get along happily whether I have much or little. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach … Continue reading The Classroom of Life: Lessons from the field
By Kari Miller Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply from the heart. -1 Peter 1:22 We all long to be known. I mean really known. We long to invite someone else into the vulnerable place where our heart … Continue reading Intimacy Becomes Reality: Thoughts on God from Uganda
By Tom Davis Each Sunday, millions of Christians in America gather to worship the God who commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves. We belt out praises to the God who tells us that pure and undefiled religion is caring for widows and orphans in their distress. We kneel in pious prayer before the … Continue reading Why Do Christians Suck?
By Jeff Goins, Editor Paul and I drove to downtown Nashville, found an overpriced parking garage, prayed, and took our backpack full of apples and assorted energy bars to the riverside. Immediately, we saw a man sitting on the bench. We approached him and offered him an apple. He declined, saying that he didn’t have … Continue reading Finding Calcutta: My first brush with the poor