By Jon Sharpe Last week was historic in the history of the 2000 + year old church. A non-European was chosen as the spiritual leader for at least 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. Hailing from South America, this seemingly selfless cardinal (eschewing the comfort of living in a mansion and having a chauffeur) sent a statement to [...]
We Want an Encore! by Chris Holck I have come to the conclusion that it is best for me to erase the term “Senior,” as in Senior Citizen, from my vocabulary. If society agrees with me, the ramifications are many! We have senior centers, senior moments, senior living, senior menus, senior adult pastors and ministries, [...]
Revisiting our Definition of Family David Fraze “David, I need some advice!” The call came on the first day of my 2008 research with the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI). After almost 20 years of experience in youth ministry practice and education, I came to study with FYI because I can’t shake this feeling that something [...]
When you invest money you give it to someone else to use. You lose control of it for a period of time. They make use of your money to accomplish their purposes, and for the privilege of doing that...