Honduras Update: Contending for life in a climate of death — by Bob Ekblad
When Gracie and I moved to Honduras in July 1982 the country was considered the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Wars raged in the region and death-squad violence created a climate of terror. Over the last 30 years we’ve witnessed the power of God’s...
God Sent Snakes – Poem by Jeff Imbach
God Sent Snakes(Numbers 14) God sent snakes. Killed the bastards for complaining just because...
Razor Wire and Piggy Back Rides: A Story out of Solitary with Holly Braun
Friends, Neaners finally got to hold his daughters at his first visit out of solitary confinement last month. Here is the story, as written up by Tierra Nueva staff member Holly Braun, who drove his daughters across Washington State to see him in prison. C Razor Wire...
Hellbound? Press Release
TEASER TRAILER RELEASE THIS WEEK OFFERS FIRST LOOK AT THIS COMPELLING AND CONTROVERSIAL FILM Hellbound? Teaser Trailer 1080 from Darren Hull Studios Inc. on Vimeo. Hellbound?, a much-anticipated feature-length documentary, is an in-depth look at today’s highly...
Dateline Bethlehem: Christ at the Checkpoint — by Brad Jersak
Brad Jersak has just returned from "Christ at the Checkpoint" —a conference sponsored by Bethlehem Bible College. On assignment for PTM, Brad here files his reactions just as he prepares to leave this volatile region. This Christ at the...
The Naked Anabaptist – discussion and review with Archbishop Lazar Puhalo and Ron Dart
Stuart Murray's The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials of a Radical Faith (2010)Review by Ron DartThe main title is catchy, the subtitle alluring and inviting. What are naked Anabaptists and who does not want a radical faith? The invitation is there....
An Immodest Proposal by James R. Inglis
An Immodest Proposal: For preventing the elderly in Canada from being a burden to their families or country, and for making them beneficial to the public. By James Robert Inglis With apologies to Jonathan Swift (Satire Alert!) I am saddened as I stroll through the...
Praying For Justice In A Contemplative Conundrum by Jeff Imbach
Some Reflections Of Praying For Justice In A Contemplative Conundrum How do I pray contemplatively the enormous structural implications of our current economic and political realities? I want to be hopeful and resist cynicism. I want to be trusting and...
Treasures in the Streets – Notes from Solitary Confinement – with Chris Hoke and Neaners
Friends,One of the highest hopes for ministries among the outcast is that men and women would discover their own value. For instance, in the massive trash dumps of Guatemala City there are hundreds of despised poor men and women that pick through the rubble each...
Stephen Leacock: Bred in the Bone by Ron Dart
He (Leacock) was more famous than this country -- Don Herron It is the 100th anniversary in 2012 of one of the classics of Canadian literature. Many do not read Leacock’s Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town these days, but when the missive was published in 1912,...