This is a guest post by Nigel Branken, who, with his family, ministers to the poor in South Africa.  He speaks out against the continuing prejudice against the coloreds in that country, and lives out his convictions by assisting people and helping them through the courts.   Nigel offers us...

“Gentle” gives me inner peace. It reminds me of a mother Seeing her child for the first time And maybe the sway of a pencil when you draw. “Gentle” to me is a word A word that can empower or take. It’s like characters or songs Though they sound hard, they’re...

Guest blogger Rebecca Floyd and her husband Nick lead Mercy Table, an outreach in St. John’s in association with Anawim.  Most weekends we leave Mercy Table excited about what God is doing: He chooses to use us to create a church that welcomes drug addicts, thieves, ex cons, you name...

By James Ericson Lopez I had met George and Sandra a couple years ago at Anawim. They have been living outdoors for some time now. As you all know, the weather has been cold and snowy. Yesterday driving home I saw George and Sandra on Fessenden St. They were each...

Sharing by James Lopez Ericson, a minister in St. Johns. The only discourse that includes justice for all is the unapologetic voice advocating for the most vulnerable. And this can come in the most unexpected ways.Compassion takes us out of a ‘me’ perspective, to a place that breaks hearts, so...

In my younger days I thought that my whole world was fine. And in so many ways it seemed it was the way it should be. But now I’m growing older and come to realize: If you want a beautiful world, you’ve got to open up your eyes. Working everyday...

He hears you before you say a word. Our thoughts have already been heard. He hears you in your broken heart of hearts, He knows the questions of your heart. Here and now he knows our heartache from a surface laugh. Dry your tears, have no fears, he can hear....

High on a lonely hillside, far from the world below All the world is different now with so many places to go. There on a quiet hillside there is a silent stream I can see it moves with us, as if there’s other places to be. ‘Cause life keeps movin’...