Personal Faith Stories
Can We Learn to Live with Less?
By Inez Torres Davis
February 2012
Families in Zambia, Malawi, and Tanzania live with regular “hunger seasons,” writes Ines Torres Davis, director for justice at Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
United Church of Christ Tackles Global Hunger
By Rev. Geoffrey A. Black
December 2011
There is a buzz in the United Church of Christ these days and it has to do with Mission: 1, a program we launched in November to address the needs of hungry people in the United States and abroad.
The 'Two Feet' of Ministry
By Msgr. Marvin A. Mottet
October 2011
It takes two feet to walk and keep our balance—one foot focused on institutional change and the other on direct service, writes Msgr. Marvin Mottet, of Davenport, IA.
Going Upstream: Compassion, Mercy, and Justice
By Debbie Blue
September 2011
From its inception in 1885, the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) sought to be a denomination founded on the mission of Christ to live out a holistic Gospel.
From the Burning Bush to Pharaoh's House
By Joel Edwards
July 2011
Most Christians I know readily identify with Moses when he was in God’s presence before the burning bush. Certainly in my own holiness tradition, it’s the rallying point at which we share in that sense of awe, wonder, and holiness, and where we become aware of God’s searing holiness.
Finding New Ways to be God’s Voice and Agent
By Suzii Paynter
June 2011
As a Christian and a Baptist woman, I have always been deeply concerned about poverty and hunger. I have felt God nudging me to make a difference in these areas.
Saints in Caesar’s Palace
By Dr. Leonard Lovett
May 2011
We are reminded that there were “saints in Caesar’s household.” Philippians 4:22: “And all the other Christians send their greetings, too…especially those who work in Caesar’s palace.” Paul makes sure that the saints in the emperor’s palace are remembered. We can speculate that they may have been paid domestic servants, but the good news is the fact that they were in the house. Poverty has been defined by certain theorists as “loss of fate control,” i.e., the feeling that someone else is either directly or indirectly controlling one’s destiny. Poverty is structural, behavioral, and cultural.
A God of Liberation
By Rev. Gary Cook
May 2011
The book of Exodus carries one of the most powerful stories of God’s lifesaving compassion. Throughout its early chapters, we read repeatedly of God’s distress at the injustice inflicted upon the Israelites: “I have observed the misery of my people …” God tells Moses. “Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them …” (Exodus 3:7-8).
Doing the Work of Christmas
By Rev. Bob Terry
This article originally appeared in the January 2011.
Rev. Bob Terry reflects on how we can honor the spirit of Christmas now that its celebration is past.
Am I Spending Myself?
By Lynne Hybels
November 2010
Lynne Hybels reflects on what God is really asking us to do in Isaiah 58.
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