How To (and Not To) Respond to the Current Crisis in the Middle East
BY: JON HUCKINS -- My heart is heavy. Every day for the past week, every social media outlet has...
When All of Abraham’s Children Share a Table: A Moment I’ll Never Forget
BY: JON HUCKINS -- Hebron is known as one of the most volatile cities in the whole region...
Dreams of Our Own: Revalidating Traditional Mayan Lifestyles
cialis salemala-Farming-300x196.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="176" />Mario Benedetti, the Uruguayan novelist and poet who best expressed the asp...
Lamenting and Learning from Hiroshima
Today marks the day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Here's a really meaningful way to remember the day, by reading the words of George...
10 Days to Make Love Practical
Have you ever felt moved to put it all on the line?
Have you ever felt called to risk it all for the love we undergo when we open to God?
The commun...
Why Christians Shouldn’t Be Offended By So-Called “Socialism”
In a recent interview with George Stephanopoulos, Congressman Paul Ryan said that he had a basic philosophical difference with the Democrats: he beli...
Christians Do Not Have Freedom of Speech
One of the things that makes America so great is the ability to express yourself, much to the joy, and even pain, of those around you. The freedom ...
"Basically good" and "I'm not a racist, but…"
No one wants to see the sin in themselves. We don't like to look at our brokenness square in the face. We tend to give ourselves the benefit of the do...
Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven. Nobody Wants to Die
Whether it's Kony, Syria or Iran, one thing is clear: Americans think more of military intervention than preemptive love. This wouldn't be surpris...
The Gospel of Rutba: Saved on the Streets of Iraq
Hardly anyone ever visits our community, Rutba House, without asking, “So what does Rutba mean?” Once someone confessed they thought it must be an ...