Forming a Christian response without embarrassing God
by Charles Wear

"I was touched and blessed as I watched the Rev. Billy Graham preach at the National Prayer Service on the Friday after the world as we have known it ended."

The language of the Kingdom
by Len Hjalmarson

"I realized that in my meeting with the leader the day before we weren't really communicating, because we were speaking out of two different cultures."

Youthworkers need more than band-aids
by Mike Riddell

"The church is in trouble and doesn’t know it. Everywhere across the Western world there are signs that Christianity is failing to win new members and having difficulty retaining existing ones. survive."

Returning to our roots:
A 3-fold argument for Christian simplicity by C. Christopher Smith

"American culture has experienced a resurgence of interest in simplicity over the last couple years."

Front page fallen: The news media
informs America on how to grieve
by David Hopkins

"And this past Tuesday, I remember taking my students to the computer lab. The lab teacher received a phone call. Her face melted in disbelief: “Oh my God. Are you serious? How did this happen?”

A Canadian reacts to the Trade Center tragedy
by Dan Revill

"People are quite emotional over the World Trade Center tragedy and the whole political mess. We all have different opinions. No one is right. No one is wrong."

A Wild Dance
by Eric Stanford

"Sometimes I come to a weekend and I’m like, “God, do I have to do this again?” I don’t always feel like worshiping. But you have to be transparent. You can’t be fake, because people will see it."

What does Finland have to do with my work day? by Noël Pretila

"Diversion…why is this etched so deeply in the ethos or the fabric of man?"

God's Space---The heart of evangelism by Mike McNichols

"When it comes to church tradition I am weak. I was steeped in low-church Protestantism that tended to disconnect us from the celebrations of the larger church, except for Christmas and Easter"

"I see dead people" by Craig Nelson

"As we went to each site I couldn’t help but notice the thousands upon thousands of graves laid out row by row in careful and reverent precision. Each of us were careful not to step on the headstones of those long departed..."

A Friendship of Dwelling by John Wallis

"As the postmodern world cries out for community we-the church-frantically search for an answer, but can find none. The church has become an institutionalized version of the vision God had for her."