Living Above High Tide by Clinton R. Brown   I was somewhat taken aback when I realized that I was not really sleeping on an island that night. To qualify as an “island,” I believe the ground has to remain generally above the water line even during high tide. On my visit with Michael Spearl to Putik “Island” in the Philippines, I became aware that this...

Talk about God’s news,  Host an Evangelism Workshop by Andrew J. Camenga   Can you talk about the Gospel? I’m not asking if you are prepared to spring the Gospel, like a trap, on an unsuspecting soul. I’m not even asking if you’re prepared to look for an excuse to direct any conversation you have toward Jesus. I’m simply asking, “Can you talk about the...

Desperation and Urgency “Under the Sun” by Nick Kersten, Librarian-historian   The global scene was bristling with danger as world powers waged war. America’s forces were stretched perilously thin, engaged in minor conflicts in many locations. The ideological landscape was rapidly changing as the standard ways of thinking about life, morality, and faith...

Distracted by Katrina Goodrich   So many of us are constantly bombarded with phone calls, texts, feed updates, tweets, and whatever other sorts of social media to which we subscribe. As Christians we should be even more conscious of what we say and do on and offline since it might be at the top of someone’s newsfeed the next day. While an off-hand post...

A Convulsive Explosion of Air by Leanne Lippincott-Wuerthele   A portion of Psalm 139:13-14 says, “For you [God] formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (ESV). I especially like The Living Bible paraphrase of these verses: “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body...