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92 illustrations for sermon preparation
Every Tuesday night, Maria Santos unlocks the doors of Spin Cycle Laundromat on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis and puts up a hand-lettered sign: "Free Wash...
In 1909, a young Japanese seminary student named Toyohiko Kagawa did something his professors could not understand. He left his comfortable dormitory in Kobe and...
When Earl Thibodaux retired from thirty-two years of commercial construction in Baton Rouge, his wife expected him to finally sit still. Instead, Earl loaded his...
For three consecutive Januarys, New Hope Community Church organized a twenty-one-day corporate fast. Members posted devotionals on Instagram, gathered for nightly prayer meetings, and journaled...
Every January, the congregation at Redeemer Fellowship in southeast Portland held a twenty-one-day fast. They printed devotional booklets, organized prayer chains, posted their progress on...
Dorothy Chen had volunteered at Grace Community's food pantry every Tuesday for eleven years. She knew the regulars by name — knew that Miguel's daughter...
Every Sunday morning, Dr. Raj Patel sat in the third row at Grace Community Church in Harlan County, Kentucky. He sang the hymns, bowed his...
On Christmas Day, 1909, a twenty-one-year-old seminary student named Toyohiko Kagawa walked into the Shinkawa slums of Kobe, Japan — six square blocks where fifteen...
For eleven years, Grace Community Church in Tulsa held a weekly prayer breakfast every Wednesday at 6 a.m. They sang beautifully. They fasted during Lent...
In 369 AD, a devastating famine swept through Cappadocia. Bishop Basil of Caesarea watched the wealthy of his city continue their feasting while peasants collapsed...
In 1933, Dorothy Day stood in a New York City breadline — not to observe, but to serve. A former journalist and recent Catholic convert,...
In February 1813, Elizabeth Fry stepped through the iron gates of London's Newgate Prison and into a scene that would change her life. Three hundred...
Every Sunday morning, the congregation at Grace Point Church in Long Beach, California, sang worship songs with hands raised and voices strong. But pastor Chris...
In 1933, Dorothy Day stood in a cramped storefront at 436 East Mott Street in Manhattan, ladling soup into chipped bowls. She was a journalist,...
For twenty years, the congregation of First Baptist in Baton Rouge prided themselves on their Wednesday night prayer meetings. They fasted twice a month, sang...
Every Sunday morning, the congregation at Grace Fellowship in Sacramento sang about God's provision. They tithed faithfully, attended Wednesday night Bible study, and fasted during...
In December 1909, a twenty-one-year-old Japanese seminary student named Toyohiko Kagawa walked into the Shinkawa slums of Kobe — a six-block stretch of open sewers,...
In 1846, as the Irish Potato Famine tightened its grip, Parliament debated policy and churches held solemn days of prayer and fasting. Meanwhile, a tiny...
In January 2019, during the polar vortex that dropped temperatures to thirty below in Detroit, a group of women from New Bethel Church realized something...
Every Sunday morning, First Avenue Community Church spent four hundred dollars on fresh flowers for the sanctuary. The arrangements were stunning — birds of paradise,...
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