Category: Articles
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Soul Care in the midst of responding to Exploitation – by Ky Prevette
“Those of us who care for others do not wish to admit we can break ourselves. We are the capable ones, the ones who hold the keys to health, strength and power. But we DO break…an accumulation of distress and sadness from the external world of our caring, combines with the strata of distress already…
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Phillippe Ouédraogo’s research with girls in Burkina Faso
I am asked sometimes ‘what do you do at OCMS’? When I tell people that I mentor or tutor students they may not understand what that means. In this post, I provide a short profile of an OCMS student and an ‘abstract’ of his very important research. This is the kind of people we are…
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Thoughts on a child in Haiti
Jan. 22, 2010 I received an interesting and thoughtful email from my colleague Tim Southerland concerning prayer for children in Europe and around the world: ‘I’m writing for our prayer emphasis today on children: I saw on the news the young child pulled out of the rubble in Haiti. The expression of celebration with hands…
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Social Justice and Hillsong United
I find it interesting that social justice issues – once the domain of the liberal churches, political activists and non-governmental agencies have found a home in conservative evangelical and Pentecostal churches. As student sent me these links after seeing a movie from Hillsong United and finding a social conscience stirring within: http://www.theiheartfilm.com/trailers (the movie website itself)