Stories from the inner city
Editor’s note: Although the word unity only appears in the Bible a few times, the concept was a major teaching of Jesus. He stressed it among His disciples when they
Richard Garcia was in search of a Plan B. The needs of his Bakersfield community were shifting, and the diminishing evangelism opportunities distressed the spiritual leader, who heads the Cru®
Pastor Amador rapped on the door. He was looking forward to some one-on-one time with Aniceto, who had been attending his New Life Community Church for a year. Every Sunday,
It’s hard to fathom that my calendar has flipped through five Mays since the 2020 killing of George Floyd. In some ways, America is in a different place after our
The closing bell barely finished its release song as the middle-schoolers spilled onto the sidewalks, independence at last. After two days of a weekend respite from studies, the adolescents sniffed
I was 10 years old when I first got a glimpse of this thing called agape love. It was the 1960s, and my family lived in the Robert Taylor Homes