Australian Writer Led to Christ by a Neighbor's Kindness

Tim Winton is Australia's most celebrated novelist today. Author of more than a dozen bestselling books and winner of numerous literary prizes, Winton ...

The Epidemic of Loneliness at Christmas Time

A British medical doctor named Ishani Kar-Purkayastha shared a story about his interaction with Doris, an 82-year-old hospital patient. Two days before ...

Small Town Embittered by Anonymous Gossip

In September 2011, The New York Times ran an article about a small town in Missouri called Mountain Grove. Gossip and rumors have always existed in this ...

Man Creates a Front Yard Patio to "Fish for People"

Steve Bankes had a remarkably simple idea for reaching out to his neighbors: he decided to put a patio in his front yard. A Chicago Tribune article showed ...

Max Lucado Describes the Power of Practicing Hospitality

In Outlive Your Life, Max Lucado writes:

Long before the church had pulpits and baptisteries, she had kitchens and dinner tables. Even a casual reading ...

Potato Chips and a Lesson on Speaking with Grace

Texts:Colossians 4:6 or passages that speak of evangelism or reaching out to others

Principle: Speaking to others with grace has great power

Objects: A ...

Doctor Has Teeth Pulled for the Sake of His Ministry

A medical doctor who utilized his skills in Ethiopia for more than 60 years, Nathan Barlow dedicated his life to helping people with mossy foot. Mossy ...

A Conversation with a Waitress Changes Everything for Minister

Hugh Halter, co-author of The Tangible Kingdom, shares a moment that changed the way he approaches unbelievers:

Two weeks after 9/11, I was in Queens, ...

Converts More Likely to Share Faith on Regular Basis

Converts (people who have switched religions) who say they share their faith at least weekly: 29 percent.

Those who adhere to the faith of their childhood ...

Differences Between Christian and Muslim Understandings of Compassion

In July 2008, Christianity Today magazine's chief editor, David Neff, attended the "Loving God and Neighbor Together" dialogue between Muslims ...