Tom Krattenmaker is a Portland-based writer specializing in religion and public life. His first book, Onward Christian Athletes, is on Christianity in professional sports. His latest book, The Evangelicals You Don’t Know, challenges the stereotypes of evangelicals in America and introduces readers to those who are bringing forth a non-partisan expression of evangelicalism and creating […]
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Guest Post by Melissa McCreery This is Part 1 of a 2 Part series. Last month, I wrote a post highlighting the “back to school” mentality in the United States compared with other countries. I shared some rather compelling statistics about economic instability, poverty and the state of global education. After sharing those statistics, I
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[Adapted in part from Chapter 15 of Pursuing Justice: The Call to Live and Die for Bigger Things] We were created in the image of God, to live in the direction of God. Sin mars us, defaces and twists us. We are bent – not the way we are supposed to be. Our relationships are
A Definition for Justice in Society Bring up the question of social justice and you will get varied and often heated responses. There is tension around the term because of the history of theology and practice. It has been hotly debated, written about critically by scholars such as Friedrich Hayak and is often confused to
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or evil. – Hannah Arendt
Since 1975, when Lynne & Bill Hybels started Willow Creek Community Church, Lynne has been an active volunteer at the church. For the last fifteen years she has engaged in ministry partnerships in under-resourced communities in Latin America and Africa. More recently she has been involved in Willow’s Spanish-speaking congregation, Casa de Luz, and actively supports Comprehensive
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The Five Love Languages The five love languages are familiar to many of us from the New York Times best seller by Dr. Gary Chapman of the same name. Each love language is a way a lover expresses love to his or her beloved. They are: (1) words of affirmation, (2) quality time, (3) giving
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Romal Tune has dedicated his life to generating connectivity between faith communities, corporate and public entities, social-change advocates, and underserved young people. The heart of his incredible journey: Turning placeholders into stakeholders; Building navigable bridges and broadening the road less traveled by populating it with education pathfinders, main street civic architects, and inner city cultural luminaries who have all come to
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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. – Victor Hugo
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Guest Post by Emily Hill This is Part 2 of a 2 Part Series. Read Part 1, I am the Rich Oppressor. In our global economy it’s difficult to know who made what we’re consuming and what business practices are involved in the supply chain of products we buy. Very few of our purchase decisions
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