Nov 9, 2012 | Blog
Cieneguilla, Peru The ashy, lifeless Andes Mountains rise above the small village of Cieneguilla, Peru. The evidence of poverty surrounds this place like the mountains. It’s an odd place to make a home. Everything has to be brought here because nothing grows...
Oct 8, 2012 | Blog
Teenage years can be filled with fun and excitement. It’s also a very awkward time. The bodies of teenagers are constantly changing as hormones produce growth spurts that make them feel like they suddenly inhabited someone else’s body. Along with the...
Aug 10, 2012 | Books
The slave trade, which African and African-American scholars sometimes call the “Maafa” (meaning “holocaust”), affected between 9 and 12 million people. The fourteen-year civil war in Liberia killed between 250,000 and 300,000 people, about 1...
Jul 12, 2012 | Blog
Change is inevitable for all churches, but intentional change is often resisted, painful, and slow. One way to lead a church through intentional change with as little conflict as possible is to get the church to buy into a vision. Chris Gambill of the Center for...
May 5, 2012 | Blog
I know an 83-year-old tennis player who has one arm. He has a bit of a belly. He doesn’t run well anymore. But if I’m choosing a partner for doubles, I’m choosing Jack. Jack knows more about the game of tennis than anyone else I know. He...
