Articles for tag: Homeless

April 4, 2010

Christian Standard

The Fasting Track: Sixteen Great Reasons to Fast

By Victor M. Parachin In 1756, a frightened and somber king of England called for a day of solemn prayer and fasting. Behind his call was the immediate threat of an invasion by the French. On February 6, 1756, John Wesley recorded in his journal the positive effect a day of fasting and prayer had upon the nation: “The fast day was a glorious day, such asLondon has scarce seen. . . . Every church in the city was more than full, and a solemn seriousness sat on every face. Surely God heareth prayer, and there will yet be a lengthening of

August 9, 2009

Christian Standard

Loving Our Neighbors, Building Relationships in Kansas City, Missouri

  by Patirck O’Connell At Restore Community Church, Kansas City, Missouri, we call the intentional, outward-focused love of people “Reachout.” Through Reachout, we help align people with our mission of “Helping people find their way back to God” and mobilize them to become difference makers in their neighborhoods, cities, and world. Reachout is not an agenda or a program; rather, it”s our response to God”s command to love others. Being intentional about carrying out Jesus” command to love our neighbors has helped us forge new relationships and provided us the opportunity to be more like Jesus. We want to be

June 28, 2009

Christian Standard

Caring for America”s Orphans

By Brian Mavis It began for my wife and me with a simple nighttime prayer with our young daughters: “God, take care of the orphans.” We always imagined kids in Africa when we prayed that, and eventually we sponsored a couple of kids from Kenya. But that prayer kept doing its work on us, and it led to an obvious question for us: “Are there orphans in America?”   Orphans in America? Surely there were some, a child here or there who had lost her parents. But if God wanted to use us to help answer that prayer and to

December 16, 2007

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Messy Christmas!

By Jeff Walling One of the delights of the Christmas season is receiving cards from friends across the country. My wife displays the prettiest ones and leaves the rest in a basket on our kitchen table so we can cruise the photos and say, “Oh! Look how BIG he”s gotten!” about our newest nephew or my largest brother-in-law. Many have the classic nativity scenes, with adoring shepherds, a smiling Mary, and a glowing baby Jesus. It is these that I used to love the most until I came across an uncomfortable truth: Those Christmas cards are completely unbiblical. And what”s

May 20, 2007

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Will Work for Food

By Mike Faust Jagged hair framed the haggard face of a 30-year-old woman. She wore no cosmetics. Her bulky pants matched her XXL gray sweatshirt. I stopped to take a second look. In front of her she held a cardboard sign with four words scrawled on it: “Will work for food.” As I hurried into McDonald”s for lunch, my heart pounded as if I had just witnessed a car wreck. Who can think of food at a time like this? I spoke in chopped sentences: “There”s a woman . . . and a sign . . . she”s in trouble.”

November 22, 2006

Brad Dupray

medical missionary in Cambodia

Interview with Doug Collins

Dr. Doug Collins shares how God shaped his calling to medical missions and led his family to Cambodia. In this interview, he describes health needs, gospel witness, and the realities of serving among least-reached communities.

March 19, 2006

Christian Standard

Second Guessing God

Why does God allow terrible things to happen? Brian Jones tackles that question with grace, humor, and transparency in a book that speaks to anyone who has faced trouble of any kind. “From the first paragraph I was captured by his open and engaging style,” Gene Appel said. “Brian Jones . . . expresses the heart”s disappointment and longing with a directness that somehow always ends up leading us toward God,” wrote John Ortberg. “This book was written by, for, and in the midst of people with bruised souls,” Jones says in his introduction. “My goal has been to write

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