What had God been up to in Korea in the centuries before the first Christian missionaries arrived? t is no easy task to choose a name for God. In 1894, Protestant missionaries to Korea felt the momentous weight of their options. T’yonjyu. Hananim. Syangdye. Each of the names bore its share of advantages and baggage, and each translator…

The early Christians did not hand down to us biographies of Jesus, but only Gospels. e are here dealing with the most vital thing in the world’s history. There came a Man to rule over the world; He ruled it for good and for ill, as history testifies; He destroyed the world into which He was…

Christians are finding creative ways to serve their unhoused neighbors. Does the biblical vision of home and hospitality demand more of us? ayne parks his car outside a community church in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city. It’s his usual nightly practice. He has been living in his car for months now. He has a job. He’s…

A community that plays together stays together. ere at Fox Hill Bruderhof, the young adults have taken to sponsoring an evening of community most Saturdays, so all three hundred residents can wind down the week together. They may tap someone else to be master of ceremonies, but the single twenty-somethings make it happen, hauling out tables…

When this simple, loving spirit resolves all conflicts among us, we will not be afraid of anyone. This piece is based on a talk Eberhard Arnold held on October 22, 1933, at a time when his community was under increasing pressure from the National Socialist government. There are people who, in spite of their most earnest…

The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him. Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me. You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where…