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MLK Day 2021: Consider This An Invitation
A Union Like God’s
Historical Reformer – Lemuel Haynes
ASIA
At the Edge of Civil War, An Outpouring of Love
At the edge of Myanmar’s civil war, Ray and Candace Ward find more love.
From the Front Line: Hong Kong Protests Photo Essay
“The church is learning to become more socially conscious, and trying to discern the use of violence and why it started and how it will end.”
Historical Reformer: Pandita Ramabai
The women’s liberation movement in India owes its beginnings to one woman, and the redeeming power of Christ in her life.
“Wherever I go, persecution follows me”
In the face of ongoing attacks, an Indian pastor continues to preach healing in India’s second-largest state.
Fortitude in the Face of Persecution
In the midst of loss and grief, God helped Areefa to stand up and walk.
Photo Essay: The Settling Dust of War in Sri Lanka
How does a culture that’s experienced great amounts of unpredictable violence gain assurance in safety and stability?
AFRICA
Historical Reformer: Lilias Trotter
In pursuing missions work, she gave up a future as England’s greatest painter. But however strong the call to artistic endeavors was, the call to ministry
Eric Idehen’s Legacy of Hope
By Kayla Craig“Welcome, welcome,” he says, ushering me into his home, his shoulder cradling an iPhone to his ear. He gives me a hug and I sling my bag on the floor, overhearing a thick Nigerian accent on the other side of the phone conversation. I look around at his...
An Interview with Esther Havens, Humanitarian Photographer
By Nations MediaBack in Nations Journal Volume 2, we chatted with renowned humanitarian photographer Esther Havens about photography that honors the God-given identity and dignity of its subject. Havens is an exemplar in the industry as she continues to take...
Creative Advocate Spotlight: Chandler Dixon
By Nations MediaBy day, Chandler Dixon works as an echocardiogram technician at Rady Childrenʼs Hospital in San Diego. “Essentially, I take photos with sound waves of kids’ hearts,” he explains. “In high school I picked up a camera and started taking photos for fun....
“It’s My Story:” Dispatch from a Moroccan Migrant Center
By Elizabeth Pennington*All the names in this article have been changed to protect the individuals identity. RABAT, Morocco — Maria was 28 years old when she fled war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with her two children. The drawing she showed me at the...
The Ministry of Two Hands
By Joelle MumleyIn the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, about a year after the horror and violence had ended, Pastor Charles Buregeya Mugisha stepped onto the soil of his country for the first time. For Rwandans like Charles, the end of the genocide was the...
EUROPE
At Home in Athens
GREECE In Greece’s only long-term safehouse for exploited women, staff and residents recover togetherWritten by Annelise JolleyPhotos by Easton Kawawaki Mar 26, 2019Every morning, Dina walks down the path that leads from her house to the sea and swims in the Aegean....
Photo Essay: Varvakios Agora, Athens
By Easton Kawawaki After exiting the downtown metro stop, walk into the heart of Athens until you arrive at Varvakios Agora: the city’s central market. Your vision is painted by the varying displays of fruits, nuts, fresh olives, and spices. Rows upon rows of lamb...
Mountains of Silence
Germany By Derrick BillsMar 5, 2019Fog and silence crawl along the landscape of wide plains and lonely trees. My eyes run through the hills to the singular trees standing out in seas of green, looking forlorn yet stalwart. I try my best to imitate them, mimicking...
A Case for Contemplation
By Brianna LantzWhen I called my friend Eduardo Santo for this interview on a Friday morning in September, I had just seen the news that a terror attack had struck his home city of London. 29 people were injured after a bomb detonated in the Underground. I held my...
Courage to Witness
By Brianna LantzIn Volume Two we introduced you to Jacqueline Isaac, a California-based attorney and human rights advocate who defends persecuted Christians and Yazidis. For nearly two years Jacqueline has advocated for the establishment of an international court to...
Stubborn Hope
By Brianna Lantz How does a man go from the intent to kill a pastor and burn a church to the ground, to caring for orphans and seeking spiritual revival? What makes him stick around for the long haul when everyone else is fleeing the nation? What compels a person to...
MIDDLE EAST
Iran to Cyprus: A Journey of Faith
Young Iranian men who arrived on Cyprus as asylum seekers share their stories of coming to faith.
Fighting the Gates of Hell: The Hope for Christians in Iraq
She took with her a few family pictures and left behind a cross on the wall, a symbol of hope that ISIS might spare her home.
Of Love and Baklava
Despite the persecution and isolation they experienced, Manar and Nael’s bakery is a physical representation of Christ’s expansive, all-inclusive love.
Checking in with Reformer Jacqueline Isaac
IRAQ By Brianna LantzApr 23, 2019When we last saw Jacqueline Isaac, she was spearheading the healing work of Tech Over Trauma in Germany, instilling hope in a generation of girls who refuse to let their past trauma define their future. Over the last five years...
Flight from an Iranian Prison
In many ways, Shamal’s life might be divided in two from this point forward. It was not the beginning of his escape from Iran that marked the separation, but the point at which he met Christ.
Free the Oppressed
BURMABy Brianna LantzMar 13, 2019Editor’s Note: In Nations Journal Volume 1, we traveled to Thailand to introduce you to the inimitable Dave Eubank—former Special Forces Ranger, head of Free Burma Rangers—and his family. Several years later we met Eubank again, this...
NORTH AMERICA
May We Become What We Receive
By Rylie ShoreA few cracks are hammered into my spirituality every time the devastation of another hurricane is met with, “This is all in God’s plan.” A few scabs are picked in my faith journey every time a mass shooting is smoothed over with, “God planned for this...
This is God’s Table
By weaving corporate worship into rhythms of farming and feeding, the Garden Church re-imagines church as a force for nourishment and healing.
“America is Like Heaven”
Displaced by violence, Missoula’s Congolese community fights to honor their culture while adjusting to life on a new continent.
Improbable Joy: Jeanelle Austin speaks about George Floyd, racial justice, and the discipline of hope
Reformer Jeanelle Austin invites us to build a foundation of joy to support the long work of justice and healing
A Letter From Our Founder
Watching the slow murder of George Floyd should have been incomprehensible. I’ve witnessed a flood of emotions and responses wash over social media that have mirrored my own internal world: anger, confusion, grief, hopelessness, and a sense of helplessness that has tempted me towards despair. I’ve found myself asking the tired question again, “Why is this still happening?”
Lisa Sharon Harper’s Thick Faith
We live in an age when politics and faith traditions alienate us from each other instead of unite us. Having lived and worked within political movements, I know from experience that life on the inside of politics is as dark as it looks from the outside. But when we...
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