By Brother Gary Wheeler If you had 30 seconds to introduce yourself, what would you say? You’d share your name, where you live, your marital status, what you do for a living. You might add where you go to church and maybe your likes and hobbies. In the end, you’ve given someone else a glimpse […]
By Brother Matthew Henson In life sometimes we make what should be natural more complicated. We look for programs or books that will teach us how to be a better person or that will help us be better at talking to people about what is important to us. Yet, I have found so often, new […]
By Brother Matthew Henson I am known in our family as a “question asker.” It is not uncommon for people in my life to call me and say, “I need some of your questions.” These questions are penetrative in hopes of helping the person assure they have considered all the possibilities in the present situation. […]
By Brother Matthew Henson [Editor’s Note: Last week in our introduction of this month’s Encouragement Email theme, we misstated that the E. Stanley Jones Foundation had published the 100th Anniversary expanded edition of The Christ of the Indian Road. The publisher of the new edition was Abingdon Press. We are grateful for their commitment […]
By Brother Matt Henson When Brother Stanley ministered in India, he identified a struggle within the Indian people. He wrote: India has always had the genius for addition, she has lacked elimination. She has absorbed everything that has come along, but she has eliminated little, hence her life is burdened and crushed. Life depends almost […]
By Brother Tom Albin In Christ we belong—to God and to one another. You are not alone. I am not alone. We are adopted into the family of God. We are now brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ! Our spiritual identity and being are eternally connected to one another because we are now part of God’s Kingdom. […]
By Brother Matthew Henson In 1925, E. Stanley Jones published his first book, The Christ of the Indian Road. As we celebrate the 100-year anniversary of its being published, Abingdon Press has republished an expanded edition of The Christ of the Indian Road with several leaders contributing essays of their appreciation for The Christ of the […]
By Brother Matthew Henson “New Year; New You” is a common advertising and motivating quote used to encourage people to make changes to become healthier. The image of the calendar changing from one year to the other seems to motivate something inside of us to make changes we know we should have previously made, but […]
In Christ we belong—to God and to one another. You are not alone. I am not alone. We are adopted into the family of God. We are now brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ! Our spiritual identity and being are eternally connected to one another because we are now part of God’s Kingdom. We share […]
After a week of fires engulfing sections of Los Angeles, what word might fit this year? “Armageddon” is apropos, but not exactly helpful. A woman who survived the Napa Valley, Sonoma County fires in 2017 was deeply struggling with PTSD five years later. “Armageddon” was a word she used to describe her experience. She had […]
