By Jeff Goins (interviewer) and Jamie Tworkowski (interviewee) Editor’s Note: Somewhere between the random collision of Myspace bulletins and dozens of emails, Jamie Tworkowski – founder of the popular non-profit To Write Love On Her Arms – has become a friend of Wrecked for the Ordinary. Though we’ve never met him in person, we sincerely … Continue reading To Write Love on Her Arms Founder Discusses the Power of Story
By Keri Labrant Continued from Solidarity: What does it mean? The word solidarity comes from the French word solidaire meaning interdependent. Think about that for a minute… What part of my life is lived in interdependence with the poor? How about the homeless? The addicted? What in my life am I relying on them for, … Continue reading Solidarity: What does it mean? (Pt. 2)
By Lorie Newman As I look back on my life of 36 years, I can see incident upon incident where God has orchestrated certain situations in my life that created in me a heart for the poor and the outcast, the widow and the orphan. Some of those life experiences were painful, and some were … Continue reading May I Beg for Your Food?
By Karen Swank It’s Sunday morning and I am getting ready…not for church, but for work. My awesome new job requires me to work Sundays 8-4, on a temporary-but-indefinite basis. It’s a possibility I really didn’t consider, all this long last year as I was gleefully anticipating being called into full time ministry. I have … Continue reading Church Consumerism
By Joe Gomez “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid…” There seem to be verses in the Bible that just jump out and hit you in the face with conviction every time you read them. For me, Matthew 9:37 (“Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.”) is one … Continue reading Gatorade Tears: Welcome to the mission field
By Lauren Deville I graduated college completely decimated. I had lost most of what I thought I was headed towards and had absolutely no idea who I was or what I wanted to do with my life and the funny thing was, I hadn’t even known that I didn’t know until right then. Having lost … Continue reading Grasping for Significance: How to survive graduation
By Mariah Secrest I have a confession to make to the pop rock mainstay band downhere. When Jeff and I had the chance to sit down for a few minutes and talk with them about life and music, they said that two main reasons kept them on the road. One was the camaraderie they had … Continue reading Voices in Culture: downhere Interview
By Elysa MacLellan Book Review: Confessions of a Good Christian Guy By Tom Davis My husband and I just finished reading CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD CHRISTIAN GUY by Tom Davis. Tom is the president of CHILDREN’S HOPECHEST, a ministry to orphans primarily in Russia and Swaziland. Underneath the title of the book’s cover are the … Continue reading Confessions of a Good Christian Guy: Book Review
By Julian Newman This past week I had a very important appointment. I was going on a roller skating field trip with my daughters second grade class. So on this Tuesday I made some room in my schedule and headed down to the roller rink. After scrambling in the door and paying my $5.00 entry … Continue reading Kisses and Roller Skates
By Keri Labrant Solidarity – unity (as of a group or class) that produces or is based on community of interests, objectives, and standards (Merriam-Webster); from French solidaire meaning interdependent (Online Etymology Dictionary) What is solidarity, anyway? Ive found myself using that word quite a bit in the last few months and yet suspiciously unable … Continue reading Solidarity: What does it mean?