May 2009 Issue

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Our Shared Ministry

• A Fire Burning Round the World
• A New Home For Survivors
• Effective Prayers in Russia
• Hulst is new Calvin Chaplain
• Ministry with Muslims: A New Approach
• New Church Offers “NEW LIFE”
• Seminary Introduces New Programs in Ministry
• Welcome to EL CLUB

Mixed Media

• Who Owns a Story?

Columns

• Big Questions: FAQs
• Still: Home Free
• Vantage Point: How We Fail to Create Safe Churches
• Reply All: Letters: February 2011
• The Other 6: Our Heart Challenge
• Point of View: Punch Lines
• Discover: The Big Night Mystery
• Editorial: We Can Be Sure and Wrong, Right?

Features

• A Second Blessing
• Light for a Dark Path
• Mother’s Day in a Three-Way Mirror
• The Sorry Spectacle of Our Foulness

News

• Calls Accepted
• Capetown Churches Pledge More Help for Zimbabwe
• Celebrating Souper Mission Sunday
• Divorce Care in Minnesota Church
• Florida Champs
• Getting to Church by Way of Prison
• Illinois Artist Uses Glass as His Canvas
• In Memoriam - Rev. Garrett H. Vande Riet
• Los Angeles Churches Celebrate a Different Kind of Harvest
• Nebraska Inmates Lend a Hand
• New York City Church Hosts CD Release
• News from Winter Classis Meetings
• No AIDS Stigma in Atlanta Church
• Organist Featured on PBS
• Student Wilderness Ministry Explores “Book” of Creation
• U.S. Immigration Delays Pastor’s Call
• World News Survey: Personal Invites Most Effective for Churches
• World News: Angel Food Ministries Settles Lawsuit
• World News: Clergy Support Push for Truth Panel on Torture
• World News: Congregations Face Difficult Choices in Sour Economy
• World News: Conservatives Talk Abortion Reduction with White House
• World News: Creation Museum Opens Exhibit on Natural Selection