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There’s an Olympic story we’d be hearing more about if a medal was part of it. Before the London Olympics ended, The Guardian projected, “If the mountain biker Adrien Niyonshuti’s considerable legs push him to Olympic glory on Sunday, it … Continue reading →

“By naming us as his image bearers, God has made a relationship with himself the strategic center of his purpose for humanity and for the world. Knowing God is as vital to us as the air we breathe. The image … Continue reading →

Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones has been in the news a lot lately for reasons other than her high profile role as a 2010 Team USA track and field competitor in the London Olympics. Her public statements about being a virgin … Continue reading →

© teejayfaust 2009 Flickr I was mid-way through a weekend speaking engagement at Morning Star Church in Kansas last January when I got the call that my father’s battle with cancer had escalated. He was in the hospital with pneumonia … Continue reading →

Thanks to my friend, Scott Bolinder, for sending me the link to Chris Tomlin’s “I will rise!”  I’ve played and replayed it again and again in the raw grief over the loss of my dad when the victory of Christ … Continue reading →

Last Wednesday, my niece Lara Custis spoke for our whole family when she posted on FaceBook, “Today there is a big hole in the heart of my family. My beloved, funloving, gentle grandad – pastor (at 92!), prayer warrior, patriarch, … Continue reading →

http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf Stories like Luma Mufleh’s can inspire us to think in bigger ways for how God might use us and to pay attention to opportunities God puts in our own backyards. I’m learning from Amy Carmichael, Chai Ling, Jacky Gatliff, … Continue reading →

“Communities of faith that seek to engage the surrounding culture and empower women and men to serve together are not afraid to ask difficult questions of the text, of their culture, and of themselves. They examine and re-examine scripture closely … Continue reading →

Rachel Held Evans is launching a series on her blog about “The Women of the Gospels” beginning with my post on “The Fab Four.” These four Old Testament women mentioned in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus—Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba—are some … Continue reading →

 Reading a book like Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide can cause a paralysis of horror to set in. That paralysis is understandable, given the unspeakable nature of the atrocities, the vast scope of the problem, … Continue reading →