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a private problem

by jennifer benson schuldt on April 1st, 2013 | 7 responses
Pastor. Husband. Father. Sex addict. Nate Larkin’s addiction first began after he visited the red-light district in New York City. He was on a school-sponsored field trip at the time, intending to educate seminary students about the sex industry. Eventually, Larkin would—as he put... read more »

the rolling stone

by K. T. Sim on March 29th, 2013 | one response
Jesus was dead—witnessed by His executioners (Mark 15:37-39), confirmed by Pilate (Mark 15:44-45), and attested by two high-court judges who prepared His lifeless body for burial (Mark 15:43; John 3:1,19:38-39). Jesus was laid in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock. The entrance was sealed... read more »

rescued from darkness

by sheridan voysey on March 26th, 2013 | 9 responses
In Clint Eastwood’s movie Gran Torino, Walt Kowalski is a cranky Korean War vet disgusted by the gangs now running his neighborhood. He gets to know Thao, a teenager living next door, after catching him trying to steal his Gran Torino car—an act forced onto the young man by a local gang. Thao... read more »

zero hero

by pohfangchia on March 25th, 2013 | 5 responses
“Birds of a feather flock together.” I’m not sure about that famous phrase. For throughout my student years I hung out with bright and beautiful people. But I don’t think I’m either. In fact, I’ve often thought: If I could be as talented or as charming as so-and-so, I would be able... read more »

java gods

by jennifer benson schuldt on March 22nd, 2013 | 2 responses
Recently, coffee drinkers in Helsinki, Finland, could visit a café called Kauko for a free cup of coffee. Sipping java at the Kauko coffee shop meant, however, that they were at the mercy of Internet users who controlled the shop’s environment. These “java gods” could adjust the lighting,... read more »

back from the dead

by winn collier on February 11th, 2013 | no responses
The young Argentinean couple grieved over their baby. The medical staff pronounced the baby stillborn and hurried the body away. The mother, drugged from the delivery, hadn’t even gotten to kiss her baby girl goodbye. Twelve hours later, Analia Bouter and her husband, Favian, went to the morgue to... read more »

El-Shaddai

by K. T. Sim on February 3rd, 2013 | 4 responses
El Shaddai, a worship song written by Michael Card and John Thompson, features many Hebrew words in its lyrics. It won “Song of the Year” and Michael Card won “Songwriter of the Year” at the 1983 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. The title of the song came from Genesis 17:1 and Exodus... read more »

simply love

by Jeff Olson on January 1st, 2013 | 2 responses
The hope of change is in the air as we enter the New Year. It’s the anticipation of a new outlook or a new direction or the chance to do things differently. At the turn of the first century, the Jewish people were anticipating a change. In many ways, they were still reeling from being captured by... read more »

the gift of (not) being God

by winn collier on December 6th, 2012 | 3 responses
Watching a recent fictionalized history of early Roman conquests, I could see that there were no limits to what they felt they could accomplish. Those with power, however, are not invincible. They’re not God. Naaman was a powerful man, the “commander of [Syria’s] army” (2 Kings 5:1). He was... read more »

born to die

by Jeff Olson on December 3rd, 2012 | 4 responses
We’re well into that special time of the year when our focus turns to the celebration of Jesus’ birth (Luke 2:1-20). The world has never been the same since that sacred night in Bethlehem so many years ago. Once you get past Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem, however, and press on into the record of... read more »
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