By Brian Shimer War. The word alone evokes horrible images, images made even more graphic by the terrorist’s practice of filming themselves in atrocities and posting them. Ukraine and Russia are still at war. Israel and Palestine are at war. Everyone knows someone closely impacted —family members, friends, missionaries, and relatives — while we live […]
by Brother Wade Paschal “And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there […]
by Brother Tom Albin “After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers […]
Written by: Matthew Henson Over the past few years, my daughter, Sarafina has talked about wanting to plant a garden at our house. Through an initiative of our local Farm Bureau and 4-H, she received some seeds to plant and one of the 4-H leaders came to help her. As Sarafina and Debbie planted the […]
Expansive Fellowship by Brother Steve Rankin In 1 John 1:3, we find this word: “What we have seen and heard, we also announce it to you so that you can have fellowship with us” (CEB). To draw people together in Christ. To hold him in common. To orient our lives around Christ and, as the […]
E.Stanley Jones as a young man This class meeting, where we told our successes and failures, our joys and our problems, became for me the germ of an idea which has blossomed into a world movement — the Christian Ashram movement. Everyone needs a close-knit fellowship to which he is responsible and which is responsible […]
Pearl Minick, Director, Bridgewater Christian Ashram When thinking about all I’ve learned and experienced being a part of Bridgewater Christian Ashram as a member and then as Director, I get a warm fuzzy feeling. Over 20 years ago, Pastor Arie Mangrum from Purity Baptist Church here in Washington, DC, led me and many from my […]
Asher and Cassidy with their mom, Bonnie Houser Bonnie Houser shares what it meant to her and her children to go to Redwood Christian Ashram for the first time. “I took a leap of faith and came. My children set the example for me this week. I have such an overflow of love.” Before going […]
Testimony fromDonna Bell Sanders I came to Refresh, Restore, Renew 2020 (the Online Retreat sponsored by Redwood Christian Ashram) wanting peace and healing. This past year has been a difficult one for everyone on the planet and it had been especially hard for me and my family. Everything happening in the big world had been […]
It’s been one month since the New Brunswick Christian Ashram, the fourth and final 75th celebration. I have had time to process and reflect on my experiences over a summer of deep relationships in communities of faith. This internship was, without a doubt, one of the most valuable doors that God has opened for me […]
