Denise Belk comments from San Jorge, Nicaragua on some things she is learning about cross-cultural ministry. She is one of twenty Grace Church members in Nicaragua for a full week of ministering through medical clinics, construction projects, children's ministry, and pastoral training. At debrief this week,...
The Oxford dictionary will tell you that the English word ‘worship’ is derived from the old English weorthscipe, which means ‘worthiness, acknowledgement of worth’. It denotes anything that is of supreme worth or value. Obviously, that’s not where the Greek, Aramaic, or Hebrew word comes...
“Where do you worship?” It’s a normal enough question. Around 2000 years ago this was the type of question the one woman used to sidetrack a conversation she was having with Jesus (John 4). The scene is pure genius on Jesus’s part. This is classic Messiah-stuff....
Putting on a bathing suit is the bane of my summer existence!! I am not at all excited about moving from being fully clothed to wearing a swim suit!...