By Laura Jacobs From Kenya: “He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income, this also is vanity.” –Ecclesiastes 5:10 As we have walked around Kibera, sharing the Gospel and encouraging the believers, we’ve run into one central problem – money. No one has enough; everyone … Continue reading The Problem of Wealth: Reflections on Poverty in Kibera
By Jason Wert Autism in the church is an invisible problem that is alienating families all over the country. The 7-year-old boy danced around at the front of the room as the worship team played a song. His parents made multiple attempts to corral him but to the child he was just fitting in. After … Continue reading Autism in the Church: Welcoming Special Needs Children
By Jeff Goins, Editor Is Jesus “the Way, the Truth and the Life” as we often hear in church? Really? How? In John 14:6, Jesus says, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (NIV) While this is an oft-quoted verse about the theological … Continue reading Is Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life?
By Jeff Goins, Editor In 1998, Billy Graham delivered this fascinating and compelling TED Talk about technology and faith. This is not the first technological revolution, Graham says. Technology has helped and aided humanity in many ways, but it will never be able to solve some of humanity’s greatest moral dilemmas: particularly, the problems of … Continue reading Billy Graham on the Limits of Technology
By Jeff Goins, Editor Movies often talk about the “magic” of Christmas, and I am beginning to rediscover the wonder of this time of year. It’s all about anticipation. About the good things of God that have been promised to us. About hope and restoration. About change and the coming of better things. It is … Continue reading Advent: The Journey to Christmas (An Evangelical Perspective)
By Zach Hunter Christmas time. Every year, for a short period of time, our inner child is given permission to come out of their room. This time of year, the lights are brighter, and the fragrances call up memories deeply imprinted in our hearts. This time of year, our yards are Hallmark cards, and our … Continue reading Getting Back the Wonder of Christmas (and Life)
By Ginger Larson The way they grab for food with their grubby hands, dirt under their fingernails, it aggravates me. I was squeezing a package of black refried beans into the pan – kind of like how one rolls up the tube of toothpaste to ensure every ounce is used. Pleased with my thorough squeezing … Continue reading Hunger and God: Lessons Learned While Digging Through the Trash
By Tiffany Berkowitz From Cambodia: Just as we were about to get up from the table and grab a tuk tuk home, I heard a small voice ask, “Buy my book?” I’ve probably heard that almost as often as I’ve heard “Tuk Tuk? Moto?” this month. Which could be up to a hundred times a … Continue reading A Simple Story: Jesus, Dinner, and Brazilian Tourists
By Peter Bowes There is nothing mysterious about the word “mystical.” Mystical means simply having an experience beyond the five senses. When you experience love, it is an example of a mystical experience. When you feel a presence within you when you pray or meditate, that is a mystical experience. The feeling you get when … Continue reading What Christian Mystics Know That You Don’t
By Jeff Goins, Editor Co-author of UnChristian Gabe Lyons has a new book called The Next Christians. Publishers Weekly describes the book in the following: [Lyons’] …newest book aims to “restore” U.S. evangelicalism by elevating a generation of leaders marked by six traits suitable for a postmodern, pluralistic, post-Christian America. Evangelicals will need to be … Continue reading The Next Christians
