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Racial Fungus and Charlottesville

Culture & Perspectives

Racial Fungus and Charlottesville

In light of the increasing awareness of racism in this country, BIC U.S. pastor John Walker shares about the insidiousness of racial prejudice. I like tomatoes. This year, however, I put in only one plant. I placed it in one of the older gardens… Read On

Published August 22, 2017

My Good Samaritan Was a Muslim

Culture & Perspectives

My Good Samaritan Was a Muslim

I have told this story to a few people and have often received responses like, “You have got to be joking … that sounds just like the parable of the Good Samaritan.” Unfortunately, I assume there has often been a bit of skepticism in those… Read On

Published August 4, 2017

When Your Soul Needs a Break

When Your Soul Needs a Break

Jobs end. Move to a new home … not to mention a new city. Start new jobs. Begin forming a new church. Discover you’re going to be parents. Hear the words: You lost the baby. Finish graduate school. Discover you’re going to be parents …… Read On

Published August 4, 2017

Downward Mobility

Culture & Perspectives + Impact

Downward Mobility

I live in a neighborhood that, to the world outside it, is virtually invisible. Places like my neighborhood in East Dayton are almost never depicted in TV shows or in movies — if they are, they are represented as alien places into which the… Read On

Published July 20, 2017

My Neighbor, the Enemy

Culture & Perspectives + Impact

My Neighbor, the Enemy

“The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in… Read On

Published June 28, 2017

Missionary Pioneering Ministry into Her 10th Decade

Missionary Pioneering Ministry into Her 10th Decade

On May 20, 2017, BIC U.S. missionary Mim Stern celebrated her 90th birthday. Serving cross-culturally for more than 60 years, Mim continues doing incarnational ministry, ministering to — and living among — international students in Philadelphia… Read On

Published June 20, 2017

Meet Silk W.

Meet Silk W.

In America, more than 70 percent of the population identify as Christian. In Thailand, however, less than 1 percent make the same claim. And it’s into this context that Silk W. has chosen to dedicate her life and ministry. Since 2009, Silk has… Read On

Published October 22, 2016

Meet Maria and Amado Portero

Meet Maria and Amado Portero

For the past two and a half years, Maria and Amado Portero—aliases given to protect their identities—have lived, worked, and served among the Muslim community in the Middle East. A deeply relational couple, the Porteros long to introduce their… Read On

Published August 18, 2016

Bridge Builders: Tracie Hunter

Culture & Perspectives

Bridge Builders: Tracie Hunter

In a current cultural climate fraught with racial tension and division, BIC pastor Tracie Hunter shares her insights and experience reaching across the divide to bring her community closer together. Having ministered for nearly 20 years in… Read On

Published August 18, 2016