Rhonda Berry has seen firsthand the hope WorldCrafts is providing to impoverished people. Rhonda is one of the WorldCrafts supporters who traveled to Thailand and Cambodia as part of the WorldCrafts Fair Trade Tour in October, 2011, to learn more about fair trade and tshe way WorldCrafts is meeting the needs of the poor. Rhonda sent me a short story of one experience she had
Walking into a tiger’s cage is just in a day’s work at WorldCrafts. All it takes is traveling across the world to Thailand as part of a WorldCrafts Fair Trade Tour. Throw in a bus ride into the mountains above Chiang Mai, and signing away your rights if you should happen to get eaten, and you are almost ready to hold a tiger in your
I recently saw an ad for a local nightclub that described it as sophisticated. But I have been in that nightclub many times, as well as others in the city. I have seen firsthand that there is no connection between sophistication and the purchase of women for the pleasure of men. Nearly fifteen years ago I joined a ministry to women dancing in this club
I was blessed to meet today with Cokesbury buyers on the day of the announcement that Cokesbury brick and mortar stores will close by the end of April 2013. Witnessing their attitudes reminded me of the response of great employees to hard news. Attitude makes all the difference. What a privilege to pray with them, to hear their vision for the future as they face
I’m sure you remember where you were and what you were doing September 11, 2001. Last year in my blog post I quoted this statment: “Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.” Hopefully, this statement influenced anyone who read it to offer service and kindness
I entered the choir loft with our choir, and to my surprise the sanctuary was filled with people for the early service. A closer look revealed dozens of first graders sprinkled throughout the congregation, seated with their families, including their parents and their grandparents. And in the hands of these first graders were their new Bibles, gifts from the church as they learn to read. Does
I recently celebrated twenty-five years at our parent company, WMU. This long tenure wasn’t intentional on my part, but at the same time I do believe it was God’s intention for me. When I responded to God’s call to service over 30 years ago, I had no idea what He had in mind. At that time I was living in the southwest corner of Wyoming
You may not have seen the Nightline segment that featured a group of women sitting in a circle discussing the reasons they read and watch mommy porn. They laughed and smiled as though they were a Sunday School class, completely unaware of the damage they are doing to themselves, their homes, their marriages, and their children. Jay Dennis, senior pastor of First Baptist Church at
Watching the Olympics is fairly irresistible for some of us. The thrill of the victory and the heartbreak of the defeat, the shouts of the crowds and the quiet hush while everyone waits to see the outcome of an event. These are only a few of the moments that keep us glued to the London Olympics night after night. But somewhere in the midst of the
Andrea Mullins has served as publisher for New Hope Publishers since 2004. Having started in ministry in Wyoming where she worked with Wyoming Baptists to equip churches for missions, she has over twenty years of experience in missions leadership and management for the parent company, WMU, and has authored two books with a missional focus along with writing hundreds of articles for missions magazines. -MORE-
