By Liane Schmersahl Luke Wright could have been a pharmacist if it hadn’t been for two monumental turning points. First, he remembered he was an artist. Second, he felt God calling him to something entirely unexpected.These days, Wright, 25, doesn’t wear a white lab coat to work, and unlike most recent college graduates, he doesn’t […]
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By Tom Hocking Do you like malls? Enjoy window-shopping or people watching? When the weather is bad, do you walk for exercise in the enclosed shopping area? Personally, I do my best to avoid malls–which I call the quintessential temples of capitalism. Around the Christmas holidays, of course many more of you join me in
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Celebrating with the Grace Brethren Kudos Roger D. Peugh has been presented the Excellence in Ministry Award by the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers. He served 20 years as a church-planting missionary in Germany, and upon his return to the U.S., began 21 years of service at Grace College and Seminary in various teaching and
Why would a young college graduate, struggling to succeed in a new business, contribute 20 percent of his income to a project far removed from him both geographically and culturally? In the article “Making Clean Water from Mud,” you will discover the reason. Luke Wright, a gifted ceramics artist, sees his talent as a gift
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Illingworth’s book retails for $14.95. J. Davis Illingworth Jr. has a successful automotive career behind him, a big vision for reaching the world for Christ, and an ambitious product-plan ahead of him that is beginning to unfold. The first two products in Illingworth’s “God of Hope” project, a 153-page paperback book and its accompanying study/discussion
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By Octavia Lehman Faithful attendees of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Long Beach, Calif., knew that Sam and Ruth Sebabi always disappeared at Christmastime. However, the congregation did not know the deep burden that Sam and Ruth carried: the couple was caring for 15 of their nieces and nephews orphaned by AIDS. Both
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Roger Fry By all accounts, Roger Fry had it all
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Yesterday and Today by Liz Cutler Gates, Editor, FGBC World One of my first jobs was at a 13,000 circulation daily newspaper. It was an exhilarating place. What better seat to have while a small town pulsed with life and current events unfolded before your eyes? Our older-and-wiser editor (he must have been all of,
Worldwide Conference Important Step for Grace Brethren Movement By Dave Guiles Standing in the middle of the Cape Town International Convention Center, I absorbed the scene unfolding before me. As far as I could see, 4,000 men and women were clustered around tables engaged in passionate discussions about issues that really matter. Representing evangelical churches
A Tribute to BMH Board Chair Todd Scoles By Terry White, publisher and former executive director, Brethren Missionary Herald Co. Todd was young enough to be my son, and wise enough to be my father. We first connected in 2002, when I came back into contact with the Brethren Missionary Herald Company, on whose board
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