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VMMissions worker Raleigh, with his son Robbie (names changed) sings and plays his guitar. Courtesy photo

Call to Prayer: Music as Prayer

Recently I was driving alone to the airport and decided to sing prayers rather than think or speak them. I was surprised how much more real my praises and petitions felt to me as I expressed them in this way. The words felt enlivened by the Spirit of God groaning within me, connecting me with the Father God.

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Alisha and a child at the clinic in Uganda

What Does It Mean to “Do Good?”

We were ostensibly doing good work in the community, but the lack of transformative spiritual engagement left us feeling empty, dissatisfied, and questioning. This desire to see gospel transformation take root began, however, in a startling and unforeseen way.

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Photo: Tim Dennell/Flickr

African Pentecostalism, a Recipe for Global Church Growth

Unlike Pentecostalism in North America, African Pentecostalism is driven by the Kingdom of God with Jesus Christ as its energy, power and motivation for congregational, personal and evangelical life.

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Bullet hole in window

Reflections on the City of Rubble

My host’s voice carries a longing of someone who has lost a love. She sees through a lens of memory, now clouded with the blood, dust, and destruction of decades of war. She remembers more. I see only ruin.

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Harry Krause with a patient

A Pause for Prayer at Life’s End

My patient was a young man with right leg swelling of several weeks’ duration. A large abscess in his thigh pressed on the large vein nearby, causing it to clot off. Clots of this nature are dangerous, because they can break loose and travel to the heart and lungs.

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