Grace Church in the Time of Coronavirus
“The church is to be a living exegesis of the gospel.” — Michael J. Gorman Friends, We were made for times like this. This is where we,...
Is Teleportation in the Bible? Yes! But That’s Not the Most Exciting Part of This Story
Have you ever been one way and then in the next moment you were transformed? Maybe it didn’t happen in a moment, overnight, or even over...
Just do the next right thing, Havah
“Just do the next right thing, Havah.” That’s what my friend told me to do as I sat at the bottom of a dark pit in my life. I was at the...
Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept it...
I grew up in the United Methodist Church, and the denomination itself was a huge part of my identity. You see, I was always told that my...
Repaving Jericho
Martin Luther King spoke to the Jericho Road. He said that it's only a small act to play the good Samaritan, to give aid to those on the...
Letter of Thanks and of Requests from a Recently Resettled Refugee in Arkansas
(Abwe writes this letter to Congress, from March 12th 2019) To Our Esteemed Representatives and Senators, On behalf of the recently...
Safety
When we read about abuse that happens to someone else, somewhere else, we can be empathetic. We can be moved to action by the plights of...
A Little Piece of Cloth
This time last year, while I was traveling in Central Asia as part of a team from Youth With A Mission, an existential crisis was brewing...
Meet Matthew
It is winter in Capernaum, and business at the customs house is slow. Gazing across the sea of Galilee, Levi fingers the coins in his...
Feeling Foreign
Dear friends, For the past decade Dave and I have lived as foreigners in two different Asian countries. In many ways, being a foreigner...
