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  • Justice Prayers - May 1

    We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." Violence in Worship Spaces -- San Diego and Burkina Faso...
    May 1, 2019
  • A Matthew 7 Mindset to Criminal Justice

    Six months ago, I was rushing to bring materials to a church presentation. On my way there, I was pulled over. When the officer asked if I knew how fast I was going, I honestly said I did not know. He...
    April 29, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - April 24

    Lord, hear your Easter people's prayers! We live in hope, because He lives. Over 300 Dead, 500 Injured after Bombings in Sri Lanka On Easter Sunday a series of coordinated suicide bombings at churches...
    April 24, 2019
  • Creation’s Easter Celebration!

    Christ is risen from the dead, and creation celebrates! Have you ever thought about what Easter means for the created world? Have you ever thought about why it matters that Christ’s resurrected body...
    April 22, 2019
  • Power Structures in the Church

    TERRITORY is a Chinese-language new media ministry founded by a married Christian couple who were formerly journalists in China. Founded in 2010, its WeChat public channel now ranks the top among all...
    April 19, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - April 17

    Lord, in this Holy Week as we walk with your Son to the cross and wait for resurrection, hear our prayers! Sudan Government in Turmoil, Protests Continue Last week the Sudanese military carried out a...
    April 17, 2019
  • Immigration is Our Story: Series

    My great-great grandparents, Gjalt and Klaaska Heslinga, came from the Netherlands to the U.S. in 1893 under the false promise of good farmland in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. Barely into their...
    April 15, 2019
  • You May Have More Power than You Think

    There’s one exercise I distinctly remember from a regional gathering of ministry interns and supervisors. We were asked to place ourselves on a line in relation to what power we felt we held in that...
    April 12, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - April 10

    We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." At Least 11 Dead in Bombing in Sanaa On Sunday the U.S...
    April 10, 2019
  • Rise Again: The Hope of a Resurrected Christian

    Emmanuel, God with us in our nature, in our sorrow, in our lifework, in our punishment, in our grave, and now with us, or rather we with him, in resurrection, ascension, triumph, and Second Advent...
    April 5, 2019