Missing the Message
DEC 17, 2013 | BY: KATHY VESTAL -- The message of the baby in the manger is one of spreading love, mending the broken, comforting...
What Love Looks Like
SEPT 21, 2013 | BY: ELYSE JANKOWSKI -- Shaheed has one tooth, zero legs and countless stories to tell. He sits in his wheelchair holding...
Take the ‘A’ Train
AUGUST 31, 2013 | BY: MAL GREEN -- When I look at my own journey in regard to how I view LGBTI* people and activity, I have to admit...
The Dark Side Of Help: Receiving It (Part 2 Of How I Became A Bleeding-Heart Liberal)
AUGUST 14, 2013 | BY: JOY BENNETT -- I despise needing help. I’m a proud independent first-born American woman, and I can do it...
The Gift of Receiving
JUNE 15, 2013 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- My son went into hospital, and for the first time, I was the object of help. There was this massive...
Why Conflict is Good For Us
JUNE 12, 2013 | BY: MICAH BALES -- As a teenager, I always loved a good fight. I got a huge adrenaline rush from hashing out Very...
What Happens When One Person Cares
BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- Do you care enough to make a difference in just one person’s life? My understanding of the Scripture is...
Are We Better Than Them?
BY: KERRY DIXON -- I can tell this story because I can’t imagine myself ever thinking such thoughts, let alone saying them out...
Oppressors, Activists, and Spiritual Stinginess: St. Paul’s Guide to Praying Better Prayers
“And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.” -Philemon 1:6
I was reading Philemon this we...
Worship, Evangelism and “Earning the Right” to Invite
Those of us who are involved in church are well-trained to invite people to worship. We find ways to bring up in conversation how great our music is, how compelling the sermons are and how children are invo...