By Mariah Secrest At first take, Matt Annecharico seems like another musician on the cusp of hitting it big. First leaning on his background in theater, independent film, and television, Matts success has branched out to include music. His musical tangent developed into a sincere enthusiasm, one which eventually landed his song Never Believed In … Continue reading Unlikely Beauty, Part 3: Matt Annecharico
By Mariah Secrest Last time, I explored with you whether the arts can have a valid role in an impoverished world. This week Ill be kicking off a series of articles that feature people or groups who are bringing the arts to unlikely places. People who believe that art is not just a luxury or … Continue reading Unlikely Beauty, Part 1: CTI Music Ministries
By Eric Hanson Continued from Biking Against Human Trafficking How could you possibly react when a monster as terrifying as human trafficking first confronts you? You cannot simply look the other way. The problem is all around, even in our own backyard. Yet it lies in the shadows, behind closed doors. It stays quiet. It … Continue reading Biking Against Human Trafficking, Pt. 2
By Mariah Secrest In the first installment of the Unlikely Beauty series, we looked at the work that CTI Music Ministries is doing worldwidestretching life and beauty through the arts to the furthest and sometimes remotest corners of the earth. But often we dont need to look very far to find a need for hope. … Continue reading Unlikely Beauty, Part 2: Arts for Life
By Seth Barnes, Jr. and Traci Van Sumeren Continued from Unlikely Gift: Raising a baby in Africa The world is a place of incredible pain and redemption. If what C.S. Lewis says about pain being “God’s megaphone,” how do we make sense of tragedies that pierce our ear drums? Yesterday, we heard the story of … Continue reading Funeral for an orphan: Death brings life
By Julian Newman I had the most amazing and awkward experience almost four weeks ago. I was on my way to coach my basketball team but needed to take care of some quick details at our church office. So I jumped in the car and started down the street. Making a right turn onto the … Continue reading Not Jesus: Bad church marketing
By Katherine Spearing Illegal immigration has been an important issue in the United States. It still is. I have my own sentiments about this issue and those sentiments were greatly influenced by an encounter I had with some unique people. I attended a language school in Guatemala for three months in the beginning of 2007. … Continue reading One Sad Truth of Immigration
By Jeff Goins, Editor The train rocked back and forth. I drifted in and out of sleep, almost in sync with the titillations of the locomotive. How long did it take to get to Lisbon from Madrid, any way? We’d be there by morning, I told myself as I closed my eyes and tried to … Continue reading The Adventure of Not Knowing: Stepping into discomfort
By Josh Casper Her name means Imagination. She is God’s. She is beautiful. She has known such great pain and I have no way to relate. We find her broken on the concrete, which resembles her state of mind. Her ankle, broken open. Exposing bone, broken flesh, broken body. A site I have seen too … Continue reading Imagination: A woman in Kolkata, India
By Chad Mast As I pulled off down the street thinking about my future, raising support and a multitude of other things, I felt led to go towards my old high school. I pulled through the traffic and turned on a street towards my old school when a homeless woman caught my attention in the … Continue reading Weeping with the Lord: Finding God’s heart in unlikely places