By Tisha Lynne Speelman Click on the images to enlarge You see the distress we are in, how Jerusalem lays waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach. -Nehemiah 2:17 Many of our cities are literally crying out … Continue reading See the Distress We Are In
By Karen Swank who am i that You should choose this hour and this place appointed just for me the least trustworthy of all, it seems smallest in might quickest to nurse imagined wounds most prone to dwell in darkness refusing the balm You offer in abundance who am i all around me i see … Continue reading Unlikely Vessel: Chosen by God
By Narelle Tout Aboriginal Youth Breathe Together Jordan Come Forth The Road You Choose Click on the above images to enlarge Aboriginal Youth The one titled “Aboriginal Youth” is simply because I really love the aboriginal people. I think that they are so very beautiful, and I love to draw them – especially in chalk … Continue reading Faith on Canvas
By Andy Clapp At the end of ones life, we all hope that our days have accounted for something. We dream of leaving a lasting impact on the world that we leave behind, not for our glory but for the glory of the Lord. We long to represent the Lord in such a way that … Continue reading Reflecting on Henri Nouwen
By Caleb Gardner While at the Sojourners/Call to Renewal Pentecost 2007 conference on faith and poverty, I had the pleasure of meeting Derek Webba surprisingly small spiritual beast of a man with the audacity to challenge the Christian music establishment. When my friend and I heard that he would be performing, we told each other … Continue reading Derek Webb: Contender for the faith or contentious voice?
By Nathan Walker Nathan Walker is an up-and-coming musician who just founded the group Skylines and Archives. We connected with him on the Wrecked Myspace page. He’s got some great things to say about life, emo culture, and New Zealand. Okay, you know the drill – who are your influences, favorite artists, and all that … Continue reading Walking with Nathan Walker – Skylines and Archives
By Mike Bolognese How significant is Your silence. Men speak and do not listen. You listen and do not speak words. How significant is Your silence. You are Mystery itself, meeting me in every person, event, and place. You continually summon the universe in Your majesty through Your simplicity. You order everything according to Your … Continue reading Revelation (Speechless)
By Timothy Weisemann Tim has been traveling on a year-long trek around the world, and his latest stop was in Thailand: The last four or five days our team has been living in a village called Ban Din and we spent two days clearing land for a future church. But what I really enjoyed was … Continue reading Ban Din Photos
By Dr. Norman Geisler “Between 1961 and 1987 the Supreme Court ruled that the Declaration of Independence is unconstitutional.” Dr. Norman Geisler’s defense of teaching creation in the schools was ignored in the second Scopes trial. Read what Dr. Geisler has to say about it and why he is just now, twenty years later, speaking … Continue reading Apologist Norman Geisler Discusses
By Scott Molgard & Rudyard Kipling My wife, Linnea, and I read a book called Lords of the Earth, by Don Richardson. It is the life story of a man named Stanley Albert Dale. Stanley was born in Australia, his dad was an alcoholic and left Stanley with what is commonly called a “father wound.” … Continue reading Lords of the Earth