John Sowers is an author and the President of The Mentoring Project, a movement rewriting the fatherless story through mentoring. He wrote the critically-acclaimed, Fatherless Generation: Redeeming the Story, (HarperCollins, 2010.) His second book, The Heroic Path: In Search of the Masculine Heart, was just released. John received the President’s Champion of Change Award at […]
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Photo Credit: The SOLD Project Guest Post by Rachel Goble A few months ago Newsweek posted this in depth article calling Cambodian anti-trafficking and human rights activist Somaly Mam’s story into question. Recently, a statement was issued that she had resigned after a private investigation into the validity of the story she has been telling about herself and
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Photo Credit: Pedro Szekely, Creative Commons Guest Post by Tom Rowley Heretical though the title of this essay sounds, there’s no need to warm up the tar or pluck the chickens. The heresy lies not here, but rather in a truncated Gospel, which has effectively dis-placed the good news of Jesus Christ. It’s time to
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Jonathan R. Wilson is Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology at Carey Theological College. Before joining the Carey faculty in 2006, he was a Professor of Theology and Ethics at Acadia Divinity College (2003-2006) and Professor of Religious Studies at Westmont College (1989-2003). A native of Oklahoma, he is ordained by Canadian Baptists and pastored in
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One of the things I love about Dietrich Bonhoeffer is the corrective role his words seem to be within the current context of the American Church. In that vein, his writings can truly be called ‘prophetic.’ Bonhoeffer’s small book Life Together is a great example. To a culture consumed with individualism, consumerism, materialism and too often treats
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I have a friend named Tsh who is helping a lot of people with her new book Notes from a Blue Bike: The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World. Most of us need help simplifying our lives—from too much clutter, stuff, entertainment, commitments and a host of other consumeristic desires. The idea that
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τὰ ὄντα ἰέναι τε πάντα καὶ μένειν οὐδέν. “All entities move and nothing remains still.” – Heraclitus (as quoted in Plato’s Cratylus) One of the constants in life is change. The pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus famously stated this saying, “No man ever steps in the same river twice.” Reality is in constant motion. The flow of
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Guest Post by Eugene Cho A few years ago, my wife, Minhee, and I made one of the hardest decisions we’ve made thus far in our marriage and in our calling as parents. In our hope to honor a conviction of the Holy Spirit to give up a year’s salary, we had begun the two year process
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Photo Credit: Socially Responsible Safaris Guest Post by Heidi Wright Sometimes I just want to retire and bake cookies. I really think I’d be be happy doing that. But my heart is still in Africa and God has given me so many experiences that I can’t keep to myself. My husband and I moved to a
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Charles Marsh is the Commonwealth Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and director of the Project on Lived Theology. His latest book is Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and he is the author of seven previous books, including the memoir The Last Days, and God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and
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