By Javier & Alba As Semillas de Esperanza Church, this Thursday, August 20, we shared one of those moments that may seem simple, yet can remain in the heart for a very long time. We gathered around the table, talked together, studied the Word, and prayed for one another. There was no rush to finish and no need to pretend that everything was fine. We simply stood together in the presence of God. And there, a powerful truth echoed once again: there are moments when we do not ne

By Pastor Sunny When Kirk told me that John might have become a pastor, I was surprised. John had never shown any interest in spiritual matters. Kirk and I had been roommates in college for one semester. Years later, after he moved to Minneapolis for a new job, we met for coffee. As we talked about our lives and the journeys we had taken since college, he told me about John. The last time I saw John was in the lounge on our dorm floor. He was struggling to type a paper on his

By Javier & Alba There are some stories we do not simply read: we feel them in our bodies. When Colombia shakes, something inside us shakes too. Even though our lives now unfold far away, there is a part of our hearts that never packed its bags. It is still there, in the cities we know, in the voices of our families, and in the friends we left behind with the hope of seeing them again. When images arrive from the places that have been affected, our thoughts immediately turn t