by Gary Dyksterhouse "He who is alone with his sin is utterly alone." Dietrich Bonhoeffer I recently reread Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book Life Together while researching the biblical grounds for Christian Community. I was so struck by the bluntness of this quote that I have had a difficult time shaking it from my mind. From the moment we are born into this world we fea...
Keep Readingby Kim McNeer Several Januarys ago, Jim and I chaperoned a trip of high school and college students to the Passion268 conference in Atlanta, Georgia. If you are not familiar with Passion conferences or Louie Giglio, I have copied from the website the mission statement below and the link: "Rooted in the confession of Isaiah 26:8, Passion exists to glorify God by uniting...
Keep ReadingYou know that little bar at the bottom of the screen when you're watching ESPN? (FYI it's called a crawler) Not that I'm a regular ESPN viewer or anything, but with a husband who loves sports, I've noticed the bar a time or two. I think it's crazy that people can watch the game on the screen, yet still manage to absorb the latest information and alerts coming through the c...
Keep Readingby Will Norton, Jr. One afternoon in late 1947 when I was almost six years old, I walked under the orange trees behind our house at the Tandala mission and approached the back door. Mother and Dad were standing together watching a small Congolese man who wore only a pair of shorts. He had scars all over his back and was acting out a story while he told it. He fell on the...
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