By Christy Barritt Homeless Find Innovative Shelters in Vancouver A Vancouver charity found a unique way to help the area’s homeless: they converted city benches into pop-up shelters. RainCity Housing specializes in accommodation and support services for homeless people in Vancouver. They created park benches that provide places for people to wait for a […]
By Cheri Lynn Cowell The news traveled fast. “Did you hear? John answered the call.” In our family that could only mean one of two things. Either he joined the military or answered the call into the ministry. As I grew older the church shifted my view of calling to include other full-time Christian […]
By Sam E. Stone Despite all that was going on around them, the people of Israel still had reason for hope. This month’s studies in the book of Jeremiah explain why they could have such confidence that much better days were ahead. Many years before this time, God had given the land of Canaan—the […]
By Kelly Carr, Editor Our household joined the international excitement over the World Cup this summer. Generally in the U.S. we aren’t as intense as the rest of the world with the sport of futbol (aka: soccer). But intense was truly the word to describe the games. The thrill and pressure of the competition […]
By Karen Wingate “Are you a missionary?” The question hung in the air between me and the Honduran owner of a Hispanic import store where I was shopping with my family. I had just told her how I left my hometown years ago and lived all over the country after marrying a minister. Her […]
