By Jody Parry

In a time of economic struggle, one might wonder, do God’s principles still hold true. Is He indeed the same yesterday, today and forever, or is He only good when the economy is good? And, if He is indeed the same, how do we then respond?

The news has been Read More

I am constantly amazed by the youth of today!! I hear so much encouragement from our event and how God is using it to confirm misional callings on peoples lives, inspiring people to give and go, and it being a catalyst for change in peoples thinking and attitudes toward the poor and social action. One of the greatest joys of my travels is that I meet inspired young people and delight in hearing their stories of how they’ve taken up the call to speak for the voiceless and stand up for severe injustices all Read More

By Chad Jordan - www.threadsmedia.com

As of June 15, 2008, the National Debt is $9.4 trillion. In 2006, the government spent $406 billion on interest payments. What would happen if we were not spending more money than we were bringing in? How much better could we spend $406 billion than simply making interest payments? Now think personally for a minute. The average household has somewhere between $7,000 and $10,000 worth of credit card debt. Which means on average, around $1,500 Read More

An Outsiders View of North American Youth Work: copyright Group Magazine

“If I was American, where would I want to minister?”

I travel a lot so tend to ask myself stupid questions like that. I’m not American. I’m not even close. I’m a Brit, married to an Aussie, and I love rugby too much to want to live your side of the pond. But for argument’s sake, and because I have another two hours mindless driving ahead, let’s ask the question.

If I was American, and had had the chance to go to Europe and Read More

Last Sunday my wife and I were running way late for church due to a slip of the snooze button, and decided upon exiting our serene housing community that we should check out another local church in town, because by the time we would arrive at our church, the sermon would be well underway (yes we were that late).

So we drove down main street gingerly checking out all the church signs along the way, waiting for a Holy Spirit moment of enlightenment or a bolt from heaven showing us which one to attend. None came so we kept driving and finally we Read More

Save Darfur? I am a not a pastor of a high-profile community. I am not a professional writer. I am not a movie star like George Clooney, and as much as I would love to walk a day in his shoes—I am definitely not Bono. I am a high-school English teacher with a busy life, just like you. Recently however, God began to speak to me through sermons, world news and through my personal study of the Word about the way I view the world. God began addressing two issues that were clouding my lenses of faith—

and it all seemed to come together as I began my study of the Book of Read More

Scripture: Nehemiah 4

Nehemiah, a man of God, knew that a city without walls was a vulnerable target to vicious attackers. He knew that a city without boundaries is a city whose morale would be lower than the mud on the Mediterranean seashore left by a retreating tide. Walls symbolized strength, dignity, honor, protection and fortification - In fact, all these things scared the Jewish enemies. So much so, that they formed an Read More

This has been a subject running through my mind recently and was at the center of a discussion between my wife and I, during our travels through the yellow/green fields of Ohio last Sunday afternoon. Why is such a simple and universal truth, so hard to live out within the Christian culture?Jesus’ heart for unity amongst believers is clear as he prays to God on the eve of his crucifixion in John 17:23 - “May they be bought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me”.

Jesus knew that if Gods children Read More