Sept 8: Celebrate International Literacy Day with these 3 Prayers
September 8th is International Literacy Day. Launched in 1966 by UNESCO, International Literacy Day is celebrated to remind the public of the value of literacy for individuals and communities. Teaching people to read and write is about dignity, independence, and human rights. As former United Nations General Secretary Kofi Annan once said, “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.”…
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And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples (John 13:34-35). As Jesus was approaching his crucifixion, he told the disciples that others would recognize they are Christ-followers by the love…
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Pray for the Global Bible Translation Movement
If you’re reading this, you most likely have a Bible somewhere in your home in a language you can read and understand. But of the approximately 7,000 different languages that exist around the world, there are still 1,575 languages that don’t yet have a single verse of Scripture available. That equates to millions of people who have yet to hear…
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When I imagine Jesus working alongside Joseph, learning his father’s trade as a carpenter, I wonder how much they talked. Woodworking has always been a noisy business, and that makes conversation hard. Imagine, though, how important those times of working and talking together must have been as Jesus was growing up. My father is a carpenter with a lifetime of…
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Orienting Your Faith in the ‘Star Wars’ Universe
It didn’t take long for Star Wars to hook me after it hit theaters in 1977—even though, as a five-year-old, I hadn’t even seen it in an actual theater. A friendly, movie-going neighborhood kid filled me in on the details. He told me about a hero named Luke, a princess named Leia, and a menacing monster-like creature named Darth Vader.…
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Thanks for Praying: How One Pastor Found His Way through Suffering
Patrick, a pastor from Ghana, will never forget the day his world shattered. While traveling with his family, a violent car accident took the lives of his wife and two of their three children. Patrick’s injuries were so severe that he couldn’t attend the burial of his precious wife and daughters. After being discharged from the hospital, Patrick took comfort…
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Reading Scripture with all the Languages of the World
Several weeks ago, I visited the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. As I walked through an exhibition hall full of historical Bibles and replicas, I heard recordings of Scriptures being played through the speakers. To my surprise, they were in many different languages—I heard psalms in Hebrew and Latin, and the Lord’s prayer in German. Familiar passages were…
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