I have family and friends who have ventured beyond the safe confines of their Christian environments; they have edged into a world that is bigger and harder and scarier than anything they've experienced before. When a Christian sits down for food and conversation with someone of a different religion, snuggles the babies of troubled teenage mothers, plays street basketball …
Tag: religious system
The Call to Missions
I am about a third of the way through a book my sister gave me for my birthday. It's titled The Insanity of God, written by Nik Ripken. (The author writes under a pseudonym because of the nature of his work.) The Insanity of God is gripping, the kind of story that makes you laugh …
A discussion about church
If you struggle with some aspects of the Mennonite culture, here is a place to read what others are saying and feeling. Asher Witmer is married to my cousin Teresa; they have two little boys and live in Thailand. Asher is passionate about God's kingdom, and tackles sticky issues with energy and grace. I have been …
hypothesis
If you remember, the last part of the quote that spurred my post Revival and Evangelism went like this: A church which does not go out into the world to press the claims of the Kingdom would not know revival if it came. -Robert E. Coleman I have been turning that over in my mind, …
arabah rejoice 