Mediterranean

The following is an excerpt from Raleigh and Opal’s newsletter. In this piece, Raleigh discusses Eid-Al-Adha, which fell on August 11 this year. It is with mixed emotions that we celebrate the “Christmas of the Muslim world”…

Celebrating with local believers by the water. In coming to the Middle East, we had a heart to make connections and share the love of Christ with the people around us, many of whom have never had…

There is a saying here, which literally translated means, “Don’t put your jacket away until the 40th of May.” It means there can be cold spells until the first week or so of June, but Judi and…

Now that I travel out to Raleigh and Opal’s* town on Monday and then return to the city on Thursday, I have three hours of travel a week. When I first began thinking about this, I thought…

Recently, The Pew Research Center conducted surveys among 24,599 adults (ages 18 and older) across 15 countries in Western Europe to assess the spiritual state of the region. Their report, “Being Christian in Western Europe” makes sobering…

Along with teaching English, Amos works with a group of people to bring love and hope to victims of sexual exploitation in North Africa. In this piece Amos reflects on the darkness that inevitably comes with this…