By Melissa Wuske Christlike Conflict Thirty Palestinian Christians and Messianic Jews gathered to study and pray and seek unity—a dramatic difference from the history of conflict across groups in the region. The participants met in Cypress, sponsored by the Lausanne Initiative for Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine (LIRIP). They released a statement to solidify their unity and […]
By Karen O’Connor Twin Lakes Church (TLC) in Aptos, California, is known for reaching out to the residents of Santa Cruz County, a community that “has one of the lowest percentages of churchgoers in the nation,” said Laurie Schlaepfer, wife of TLC senior minister René Schlaepfer. “Most community leaders are not churchgoers,” she added, “and […]
By Michael C. Mack 1. When have you been jealously angry, either in a positive or negative manner, about something or someone? Read Zephaniah 3:1-8. 2. How does this passage describe the people (the city of Jerusalem, city of oppression)? 3. How is God described? 4. In what ways and for what practices are the […]
Devotional thoughts on Zephaniah 3:1-8 By Alan Dowd Zephaniah wrote about God’s beloved city—Jerusalem—which had veered far away from its true King. What was once the holy city had become “rebellious” and “defiled.” Jerusalem, seduced by godless people, “accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her […]
By S’ambraosia Wasike In 2007 a documentary called Glue Boys was released, chronicling a day in the life of street kids in Kitale, Kenya—the last town in the northern region of the Great Rift Valley before you enter the vast desert of Turkana. These self-proclaimed glue boys were children who had either been orphaned, rejected […]
