Being the hands and feet of Jesus requires us to examine how we engage with the marginalized audience around us. Ignoring a marginalized audience means that the church will have a marginalized awareness of their existence and needs. A Jesus-centered …
Our redemption as the people of God—our story as first the conciled ones, in relationship with Him, who then fell out of relationship through sin, and who were then reconciled—gives us the road map to healing our ethnic tensions. We …
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Most of us give things to people from time to time. But is our giving truly charity? Do we give because we love others? “Alas for the rarity of Christian charity under the sun!” – Thomas Hood (1799–1845) When I …
Two people stood at a fork in the road. To the left, the way of love. To the right, the way of truth. “I will take the way of love,” said the first, “For surely love, which all people crave, …
I attended a weekly prayer meeting that was billed as a time to seek God for the church. I was really looking forward to it. Imagine a gathering to focus on asking God to move within a local body, to …
Most of us are familiar with the account of Jesus and the young man commonly known as the rich young ruler (Mark 10:17-25). This young man approached Jesus, asking him what was necessary for him to obtain eternal life. In …
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An aging woman sits on the ancient tree stump outside her home. Her old eyes can see little in the dim light of dusk, and in the late afternoon of her life, she lacks the strength for hard physical work. …
by Cynthia Fantasia, author of In the Lingering Light: Courage and Hope for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver This is the last article in a three-part series on Alzheimer’s caregiving. In the past few weeks, I have shared thirteen lessons I learned (and …
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On a hot summer afternoon, I’m at the pool, smearing sunscreen on my squirming child’s face, expertly avoiding her eyes while never taking my eyes off the other two children in the water. Let me tell you: If there’s anywhere …
by Cynthia Fantasia, author of In the Lingering Light: Courage and Hope for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver This is part two of a three-part series on Alzheimer’s caregiving. Here, I share thirteen lessons learned (and am still learning) as I cared for …
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