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Dry Bones Live Again
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (407+ words) Catching the vision for God's work across 95 years to pursue the least-reached For a moment, imagine the least-reached areas of the world'the ones marked by a lack of gospel movement, where nothing is happening, no one cares, there is no…...
Where You Send Me I Will Go
2+ week, 3+ day ago (939+ words) Two brothers transformed by Christ and obedient to where He calls. Healing a Broken Man As adults, Savy, Kong, and their other friend, Sen, lived with their families as squatters in a village called Tuol Krous. These were evil men'criminals,…...
Resurrected
2+ week, 6+ day ago (215+ words) A poem for Easter Sunday Top to bottom, heaven to earth, God to us. Seams splitting apartas the power of sin shatters. Our Creator on a cross on a hill'cutting open the curtain, crossing the divide. Fear and fabric frayas…...
Courage to Hope
3+ week, 1+ day ago (231+ words) A devotional for Good Friday In celebrating Easter, it is easy to overlook the significance of Good Friday. We sing "Here in the death of Christ I live," as we stand in our Sunday best'yet in our daily lives we…...
The God Who Kneels
3+ week, 2+ day ago (280+ words) A reflection for Maundy Thursday On the night before Jesus" death, He has much on His mind. He thinks of betrayal, humility, hope, and love. He is preoccupied with all that is to come, and with all that He still…...
Palms Bearing Palms
3+ week, 6+ day ago (234+ words) A poem for Palm Sunday An identification of sorts, a name written in skin. Vast lines cascade every which way'no two the same, they say, though from a distance, difference disappears. A r'sum' written in skin: calluses, bruises, the quiet…...
A Heritage of Planting
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1100+ words) Creation care as an act of faithful obedience My grandmother, who we called "Meemaw," was always planting trees. She not only thought they were beautiful, but that they were also an investment for the future. Meemaw appreciated the earth very…...
Kingdom Justice and Mercy
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (226+ words) The American church's gospel witness in a secular age The Christian and Missionary Alliance is not just an organization that crosses cultures by crossing oceans; we are also a church that crosses barriers by crossing our local streets. God expects…...
Your Generosity in Action: Planted Among the Nations
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (986+ words) A story of reaching the nations with the good news in Manchester by Justin and Brittany, Alliance workers serving with Envision in Manchester, England When God called our family to Europe after six fruitful years of ministry in Asia, we…...
The Way of Blessing
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (720+ words) Walking the path of Jesus through the Beatitudes "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." "Matthew 5: 3"4 These are the blessed ones, the poor in…...