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you are owned

by mike wittmer on December 26th, 2012 | 5 responses
It’s devastating to be owned by another human. Slaves suffer unimaginable heartbreak and abuse because their lives are not their own. Another person tells them where they will live, what they will do, even whom they will marry. They have no say. Being owned is so harsh that even today, when we... read more »

no longer acting

by tom felten on December 20th, 2012 | 10 responses
A gifted local actor was asked to play the part of Scrooge in an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for my friend’s church. The revised story included a scene where his crusty character broke down, confessed his sin, and received Jesus as his Savior. Each play practice, the actor... read more »

the brilliant face of God

by winn collier on December 18th, 2012 | 6 responses
The Incan Empire had practices that make us recoil. One was child sacrifice. Each year, certain families would surrender their child. They would celebrate their child and then give her corn alcohol to dull her fear. Then they would carry her up a mountain and knock her unconscious so that she... read more »

December 17, 2012

by Today's Conversation on December 17th, 2012 | 9 responses
What do you say when someone asks, “Why does God allow evil acts to occur?” ... read more »

history’s steady tune

by winn collier on November 24th, 2012 | no responses
George Jellinek, former host of The Vocal Scene radio program, says “the history of a people is found in its songs.” Years ago, music was a crucial way for slaves in the US to recount their stories, and music was central to the way the Civil Rights movement retold its vision. If you want to know... read more »

more

by mike wittmer on November 21st, 2012 | one response
Tom Brady has model-like good looks, is married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen, and has led his football team to three championships. But it’s still not enough. Brady confessed during an interview, “Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still think there’s something greater out there for me?... read more »

the strong lion

by winn collier on November 5th, 2012 | 7 responses
Ethiopia suffers an alarmingly high rate of marriages by abduction (some estimates say 70 percent of marriages happen this way). Earlier this year, seven men abducted a 12-year-old girl, beating her and intending to force her to marry one of them. She somehow escaped, and when the men tracked her... read more »

the counts

by tom felten on October 21st, 2012 | 5 responses
It’s likely you didn’t wake up this morning and think Hope my white blood cell counts are climbing! I did. Why? Due to a recent bone marrow transplant, my blood cells have been doing their own version of the “limbo” (“How low can you go?”). Low counts aren’t good. They mean you’ll... read more »

a wonder

by regina franklin on October 20th, 2012 | 3 responses
Several years ago, my family and I were able to travel to the sunny state of Arizona in the US. Unforgettable, the land revealed its varied wonders—from the intricate architecture of early Native Americans to the brilliance of the sun reflecting on the untainted snow lining a volcanic crater to... read more »

contemplate the beautiful

by marvin williams on October 2nd, 2012 | 5 responses
Edgar Allan Poe once wrote: “The pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating, and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from contemplation of the beautiful.” The purest and ultimate pleasure, then, according to the psalmist, is our contemplation of God. David’s chief desire... read more »
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