The JESUS Film Project has partnered with recording artist Karyn Williams in the creation of a new music video incorporating footage from Magdalena: Through Her Eyes with This Is Freedom, a song co-written by Karyn Williams and Sarah Hart (Better Than a Hallelujah). Amy is part of the team that helped to make this project […]
The Samaritan Women is a Christian restoration home for victims of human trafficking. One of their survivors was having a rough day so they gave her a copy of Magdalena, the version of the JESUS film told from the perspective of Mary Magdalene. She watched it alone and said she wept during the scene where
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Jessica is a senior in high school this year. She is our second daughter to graduate, so we have some experience now with college selection. But we are reminded how unique God has made each of our children and that the path He has for them differs. Jessica has been accepted into Florida State University
For the past year I have been helping to research the value of mobile devices for spiritual training and discipleship. This has included testing some prototype applications, interacting with some of our ministries that have expressed an interest in this technology (see my post from last month), and researching existing mobile learning software. This past week
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Amy and I will be attending a conference on the topic of justice for the vulnerable and oppressed. We will be representing the women’s version of the JESUS film, called Magdalena: Through Her Eyes. Amy has been helping to resource justice ministries with this amazing version of the film. Unfortunately, we leaving a sick daughter
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Peter and Ramy are Egyptian staff members with Campus Crusade for Christ. They have spent the last 18 months developing a way to disciple new believers and equip them for doing ministry – all online. In just the last year they have trained over 2000 people in how to grow as a new believer, how
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Monica is with a group from her school, The Master’s Academy, in Costa Rica for the next 10 days. They are working with a local missionary to minister to the kids in the area. You can read their daily blog by clicking on the map. Pray for them to be effective in their witness to
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Our Egypt ministry has been running an online discipleship site for Arab speakers. They have had hundreds of people go through basic follow-up materials and learn how to grow as believers. It has been an effective way to equip new believers and get them plugged into local churches. Next week I will be going to
Recently the Campus Crusade for Christ movement in Taiwan did an outreach using iPads to show short films to students on college campuses. The National Team Leader, Stephen Wang, explains how they helped them: Q: Were Short Films helpful in starting conversations with strangers, friends and family? A: Yes, it’s really helpful. We used this introduction:
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We are hosting a tea for all the ladies in our neighborhood. There are 175 homes and we have been getting a lot of calls from neighbors telling us they are coming. The main purpose is to get to know those who live around us. We will have a simple program with a light message
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