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the church has left the building

Posted by tim gustafson on June 10th, 2009 | 5 responses

Bekah Rosie skipped church on Sunday. So did her Sunday school teacher. So did her pastor. In fact, the whole church skipped church—and got out into the community for the entire weekend, serving wherever they could:... read more »

water for the people

Posted by roxanne robbins on June 9th, 2009 | one response

Shortly after moving to Uganda, I opened my home to two AIDS orphans. The other night I took the youngsters out for dinner. On the way home I aimed the car lights on a rock quarry and said, “There are many Ugandans who... read more »

being otherly

Posted by tom felten on June 3rd, 2009 | 6 responses

John and Bessie Gonleh needed help. They had already endured John being gunned down by rebels in their native Liberia (he barely survived), years of disease-ridden refugee camps, and the death of three of their children due... read more »

nothing but Jesus

Posted by winn collier on June 1st, 2009 | one response

Recently, my family encountered a homeless man who goes by the nickname Rev. We chatted and bought him a tuna sandwich at a sub shop. Afterward, my 4-year-old son Seth asked, “Daddy, why do I have a home and he... read more »

real food

Posted by roxanne robbins on May 28th, 2009 | no responses

Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink (Isaiah 55:1). In the May 13 ODJ article, I wrote about an African boy named Saddam who had spent 4 years of his young life on the streets of Kampala, Uganda. A few weeks ago, I took Saddam... read more »

who is my neighbor?

Posted by mike wittmer on May 26th, 2009 | 4 responses

Who is my neighbor?” is an important question for a Jew. Surrounded by enemies—Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans—for centuries, the Jews of Jesus’ day sneered at the Samaritan half-breeds who threw... read more »

rescued

Posted by roxanne robbins on May 13th, 2009 | one response

One evening, while stuck in a traffic jam in Uganda’s capital city Kampala, a colleague and I called two street boys to our car window. We started a conversation with them that went something like this: “How long... read more »

breaking bread

Posted by mike wittmer on May 6th, 2009 | 2 responses

Last month my brothers and our families enjoyed an outstanding dinner with our Amish cousins. The Amish begin every dinner with a silent prayer of thanksgiving, and—perhaps because their homemade meals are so... read more »

what's in your wallet?

Posted by Jeff Olson on May 3rd, 2009 | one response

Recently, I read that nearly 70 percent of all lottery winners end up burning through their winnings and going bankrupt in just a few years. Whoa! Apparently, winning a bunch of money is not what it’s cracked up to... read more »

the swine flu and you

Posted by mike wittmer on April 28th, 2009 | 2 responses

Here’s hoping it doesn’t come to this, but Martin Luther offers some timely advice in his open letter, Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague. The Bubonic Plague came to Wittenberg in 1527, and Luther... read more »