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When someone asks if they can pray for me, it’s hard to imagine a scenario when I would decline. So when the woman requested to bless and pray for my husband and me, of course we agreed. We had been slipping out toward the end of a late afternoon Easter Monday worship gathering on the grounds of the …
Fearing for her life, Anna* abandoned everything and fled her war-torn country in the Caucasus region to seek refuge in Austria. Like most refugees, she was bounced from country to country and refugee camp to refugee camp by governments not wanting her to stay. While waiting for a hearing to see if she may be …
She wanted peace. More than anything, she longed for her soul to be at rest. Fatima’s* religious life thus far had been one of constant striving—doing ritual cleansings, fasting, memorizing portions of the Quran, reciting prayers. She had done all she could to be holy, but her efforts left her with a nagging doubt that …
With the onset of the refugee crisis in the past ten years, we have seen a sharp increase of Muslim peoples living in Europe. Due to war, religious persecution and political unrest across the Middle-East and North Africa, millions of Muslims have relocated to Europe in search of peace in a new home. Muslims currently …
Life circumstances can talk us out of anything, even the beckoning voice of God. Many people feel drawn to global missions, but the obedience to God’s calling can be pushed off over and over if we wait for the timing to be just right. “Once I’ve gotten married,” or “Once our kids are older” and …
“A couple of months ago I was looking on Facebook Marketplace for some furniture for my apartment and found a set of shoe cabinets I liked for my entryway. I contacted the seller and arranged to pick them up. When I arrived, I was speaking my very poor German and she said, “Are you American?” …
