by Veronica Ocejo I never wanted to be a missionary. Once an African missionary visited my church back in my hometown of Portland, Oregon. I remember sitting wide-eyed in the pews thinking, I’ll never be … Read More
Gliding Toward Gomorrah
I write a few days before the New Year, and the fiscal cliff is all the rage. President Obama has cut short his Hawaiian vacation to come back for some lively talks with John Boehner … Read More
The (Lost?) Art of Well-Rounded Reading
I am writing to readers. You know who you are. You’re the ones that read everything you can get your hands on. As a kid you probably read the back of the cereal box in … Read More
The god That Fails
By 9 pm on Tuesday, November 6th, American voters tended toward delight or despair. It was about that time when the election results were clear: Barak Obama had been reelected and would live at 1600 … Read More
Pondering the Simple and Confusing at Christmas
I love the month of December and the Christmas season. The weather cools and the days grow shorter as winter solstice approaches. People decorate their houses with lights, wreaths, and strange plants called poinsettias. We … Read More
For Those Who Cannot Speak
Tom and Jack were comparing notes about their wives during their lunch break. Tom was largely satisfied with his wife and had no real complaints. She wasn’t the best in the kitchen and they didn’t … Read More
Orphan Sunday: Ten Ways You Can Help the Orphan
by Tracy Wilcox . Pray for them. • Tape a waiting child’s picture to your dashboard and pray for them every time you get into your car. • Pray for them in your home … Read More
The Naked Truth: Some Thoughts on Hot Sex
Hot Monogamous Sex. That was the title of an editorial written by my friend Justin Buzzard and published online byThe Huffington Post (7/24/12). Justin is a church-planter in San Jose, a great preacher, a former … Read More
A Thousand Photographs in Our Hearts – Guatemala ’12
Our driver, Dario, pulled the van to the side of the steep hill and brought it to a stop mere feet from a steep drop-off. He told us, Pienso que es buen lugar para sacar … Read More
For Women: A Gentle Call to Encouragement
Reprinted from the September 2007 issue of Community News Every family has a “family historian” – one who remembers the times, places, events, and relationships between different family members. In some families that historian … Read More