Guest Post by Sam Adams We had the privilege of hosting Dr. John Perkins at Kilns College this past week. Dr. Perkins is a follower of Jesus whose life has been given in service of justice for the poor, the outsiders, and the abused: those who have been deemed unimportant by our world of comfort […]
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Bruce Strom loves God and his neighbor. He doesn’t just say it – he lives it. Bruce had a successful career as the senior partner of a multi-office law practice. But God called him to leave that practice, sell all he had, and give to the poor. The story of God’s call and Bruce’s response
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Guest Post by Emily Hill “What’s your interest in Africa?” my friend asked. I wasn’t exactly sure how to answer. As part of the Master of Arts in Social Justice program at Kilns College, I’m taking a course on the History of Africa Since Independence, so in telling my friend about my current classes, this
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Guest Post by Tabitha Sikich January 6, 2014 Nana Plaza, Red light District Bangkok, Thailand Four weeks ago a friend of mine and I found ourselves crowded around a small high-top table, sitting side-by-side on cushioned seats that faced an elevated stage in the middle of the dimly lit room. We sat with our backs
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My friend Tsh Oxenreider just released her new book Notes from a Blue Bike: The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World. Tsh is the founder of TheArtofSimple.net (previously Simple Mom), a community blog dedicated to the art and science of simple living. She’s the author of Organized Simplicity and One Bite at a Time, a regular contributor
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I’m not an expert on African history, but I’ve been studying it for the last eight years and am helping to facilitate a reading and discussion based seminar class in the Kilns College Master of Arts in Social Justice program called A History of Africa Since Independence. The course is designed to introduce students to
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Guest Post by Peter Heltzel “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” Psalm 133:1 Jesus Christ, the revelation of the Triune Creator as a human person, is the basis of our life together. In order to live in unity, we need to get to know each other, including our
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Faith produces obedience out of trust, not its full knowledge of all the facts and concurrence with God’s divine strategy. This is what Jesus showed us in his death (Phil 2) that God’s plan was above the individual plan; that we are most in God’s will when we are most submissive. As I look at most
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Guest Post by Justin Kron Normally when I visit the beach in Tel Aviv I expect to see and interact with Israelis, but the Lord had something else in store for a few of my group members and me on my eXperience Israel tour in July 2013. Instead of Israelis, it was a few Palestinian young men
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I love history. Of every subject I’ve studied, history is the one I’m most passionate about. I love seeing how the different threads connect through time. I love to see how several things we would have never thought were connected – things distinct in our cultural understanding – are actually intimately connected in history. On
