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By Laurie Nichols
Lent has been around for centuries, dating back to the Early Church. It’s a 40-day season of reflection, repentance, and renewal, modeled after Jesus’ time fasting in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11). At its core, Lent is about making space—letting go of distractions so we can refocus on what really matters: God’s love, justice, and the hope of resurrection.
By Nicole Morgan
On January 30th the House Republican leadership released a one-page document with standards for immigration reform. The document has been met with some hope for a workable compromise between Democrats and Republicans on the issue of immigration reform.
An interview with Robert Shetterly
Painter and narrative activist Robert Shetterly helps us find our heroes.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
A conversation with Hugh Whelchel of the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics
Hugh Whelchel is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics (IFWE), a nonprofit that seeks to educate and inspire Christians to think biblically about justice, equality, and the economy and to steward their whole lives in a way that benefits society and glorifies God.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
Dr. Victoria Sweet is the author of God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine (Riverhead Books, 2012). She is a woman deeply influenced by Hildegard von Bingen, the medieval saint who the Pope recently named a Doctor of the Church for her teaching of theology and practice of natural science and music.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
It’s January again, and although I long ago resolved to cease the wearying (and ultimately discouraging) practice of making New Year’s resolutions, some habits are particularly hard to break, especially for a go-to-it, to-do-list-making person like me.
By Tonetta Landis-Aina
It happened in the large but very ordinary fellowship hall of my Southern church, bright with florescent lights.
Reviewed by William M. Struthers
A decade ago it would have been scandalous for a pastor to share his lifelong struggle with sex addiction, and it would have destroyed any future he may have had in ministry.
By Ronald J. Sider
On June 28, I gathered in Britain with about 40 other American and British church leaders at Lambeth Palace for the London Forum to call on the leaders of the G-8 to expand our nations’ commitment to overcoming global poverty, especially in Africa.
From: Daniel Buttry
To: Charisma Media
Jesus said if you want to remove a splinter from your neighbor’s eye you must first remove the beam from your own. As a community of Christian Pentecostals and charismatics around Charisma magazine we need to practice the teaching of Jesus in a profound communal and public way now.
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