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Children Matter

Has a crying baby ever disturbed you during a church service? Did you ever see children running around during worship, wishing their parents would con...

Pastoral Care Matters

The Kenyan preacher’s words gripped me one night. “How many stars can you see? So many! And God knows the name of each one. He has a big book, too...

Worship Matters

Our worship of a holy, loving God is the most critical thing we can do as humans. From the beginning of the Bible to the end, the theme of worship per...

Sin, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation: They all Matter

This month, the LAM Newsletter focuses on equipping people to adequately communicate the Gospel. Training and equipping pastors in another Latin Ameri...

Reconciliation Matters. The After-effects of the British arrival

For many tribal people in Kenya, the arrival of the British in the 1890’s was a tragedy. It marked the beginning of stolen land. Foreign laws were e...

Salvation Matters

One evening, late at night, the telephone rang. A friend called me to come because a disturbance in a neighbor’s house was gathering steam. Loud scr...

Preaching Matters

At age 15, I left the dorm life for home, having just completed Grade 10. My father was the Secretary of Keswick Conference in Kenya, and that year, h...

Change Matters

As a young high school teacher in Beausejour, Manitoba, 25% of my teaching responsibilities included being the Boys’ Guidance Counselor. During our ...

Mistakes Matter

I will always remember three mistakes I made during the summer after I turned 18. My summer job was to select parts for shipment......

Florentina Diego Carceda, A Woman Of Great Faith

Who invited Joe and Marg to travel along a dangerous mountain road? One day, a few months ago, Florentina phoned Joe. “I have two teams ready, Joe! ...

Apologies Matter in Conflicts

Did Jesus’ statement ever strike you as strange? In the Lord’s prayer, there seems to be a condition in Jesus’s teaching about forgiveness. “F...

Stories Matter

Stories brighten a day much like the sun’s rays in winter when frost performs its magic on the windows inside, and it’s freezing cold outside. Wha...