By Barbara Bagshaw This week in the Arts we bring you five paintings by Barbara Bagshaw and her biography. Artist Biography I am the President of the New England Christian Arts Council and the creator/event coordinator of their annual visual and performance arts festival. As an artist, I communicate what I feel. Whether I see … Continue reading Paintings by Barbara Bagshaw
By Chronicle Project The UN has declared the small African kingdom of Swaziland to be the worlds most HIV-infected nation with nearly 40% of its adult population carrying the virus. Experts say that within 50 years the Swazi people may become extinct unless profound change is realized. Shortly after the official declaration, Lance and Kelly, … Continue reading Dear Francis, and More
By Jon Sontag When I was five years old, I wore cowboy boots. No hat, no gun, no sheriff badge; just the boots. Id wear them on camping trips, beach trips, bike rides, and even sometimes to bed. It didn’t matter to me. All I wanted to do was experience the Wild West up my … Continue reading The Cowboy Boot Church
By Jamie Moffett Earlier this month, Wrecked had a conversation with Jamie Moffett, co-founder (with Shane Claiborne) of the Simple Way faith community in Philadelphia, about the record label he started – Potter Street Records. As some of you may know, there was a devastating fire in Kensington last week (read more here). Nonetheless, we … Continue reading Life on Potter Street: Making records with Jamie Moffett
By Charles Kaye It was our second day in Granada. With no food, water or electricity in our house, we wandered into the city for lunch. As we were finishing our meal, I looked down and saw a young boy who had crawled across the floor to our table. With tattered clothes and covered in … Continue reading The Breaking of Carlitos
By Jeff Goins and Jamie Tworkowski You’ve probably seen the T-shirts at concerts, or maybe you’ve come across a MySpace banner, but you may have been like us, wondering what the whole story of To Write Love On Her Arms was really about. This past week, Wrecked got the chance to talk to Jamie Tworkowski, … Continue reading To Write Love on Her Arms: An Interview with the Founder
By Jeff Goins, Editor This word – community – that we throw around (sometimes cavalierly) is, in practice, pretty tough. Part of what Jesus was teaching his twelve disciples by calling them to join an itinerant ministry for three years was that they would have nothing to depend onstable jobs, comfortable homes, or guaranteed mealsbut … Continue reading Real Community is Hard
By Stephanie Fisk She is led into the room, just like many before her. She grips the arm of her leader. An old, tattered, grey shirt is wrapped around her head. Blue cloth hangs loosely off her body as her bony shoulders poke out between the holes. A wrap skirt clings tightly to her waist, … Continue reading Church in Africa
By Deana Hartman Stela came to be a part of our family in an unusual way. I did not give birth, nor was there a foster care period or hearing for an adoption. Instead, I found Stela online. I placed her biography in a shopping cart and ‘checked out’. This process took about fifteen minutes … Continue reading Global Kin
By Josh Casper Is is he a man? asked Lucy. Aslan a man! said Mr. Beaver sternly. Certainly not. I tell you he is the King of wood and the son of the great Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea. Dont you know who is the King of the Beasts? Aslan is a lion the Lion, the great Lion. Ooh, … Continue reading To Touch the Dying: A summer with Word Made Flesh