October 2009

Editorial

Community Development Needed. Apply Within.

Common to all the world’s cultures is our need for community. We build communities around beliefs, passions, advocacies, causes, interests, […] more

It’s Our Job

By Peggy Drake

Several years ago, Jetty Stouten, my Dutch colleague, and I traveled to the outlying villages of Burkina Faso in our […] more
Allegheny Passage

By Jessica Turnbull

A patient’s life is saved by a health clinic; three children of an addicted parent have the best summer of […] more
One

By Ron Morrison

How can two churches, separated by culture, distance and leadership styles, form a partnership that would strengthen both churches and … more
Tunnel of Love

By Cheryl Baird

A stretch of road appropriately named Highway 1 runs along the West Coast. Every time I drive the portion near […] more
Teaching Point

By Andrew Schaeffer

Every time I pay Gideon, our night guard, he grimaces with embarrassment as he picks up a pen to sign […] more
Learning from Google

By Dwight J. Friesen

Lately, Google has fueled my ministry imagination. As you may know, Google is the search engine most used to navigate […] more
Face the Harvest

By John Soper

A few weeks ago I was reading the story of Zaccheus to my grandchildren. When I was finished, I asked […] more
The Plane Truth

By C&MA National Archives

In 1913, the county fair in Binghamton, N.Y., featured the “wild men of Borneo.” Witnessing the exhibit, eight-year-old George Elba … more
Missio Dei: The Sending of God

By Bob Havenor

We are well into our second year as a missional team in the urban center of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Every […] more
A Safe Place

By Kara Mangham Alexander

“We want to attract the lost—even if that means having a youth group filled with messed-up kids.” Since we started […] more