by Rich Hansen | Jun 14, 2018 | Provocative Questions
Humans take the short view. God takes the long view. Humans narrow things down to what is politically expedient or personally rewarding in the moment—the future can take care of itself. God opens things up and asks us to look beyond ourselves and our immediate...
by Rich Hansen | Jun 7, 2018 | Living within Paradox, Provocative Questions
Most of us know the story of David and Goliath—how the young shepherd boy felled the fearsome giant with one stone from his slingshot. But do you know the rest of the story? David was immediately a hero throughout Israel—so much that his fame eclipsed that of King...
by Rich Hansen | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Over the past four weeks, I had the privilege of meeting some of the people God is using to transform Africa. I don’t use the word “transform” lightly. Consider: the fastest growth in the number of Christians over the past century has been in sub-Saharan Africa. In...
by Rich Hansen | Apr 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
As I prepare this week to leave to teach in Zambia for the next three weeks (I invite you to read more about what Marilyn and I will be doing in my recent newsletter), I’m glad to welcome my friend Bob Logan to offer this guest post about his new book, The...
by Rich Hansen | Apr 5, 2018 | Worldview
Yes, I realize that Easter was last Sunday. But millions of Christians who follow a different calendar will celebrate Easter this coming Sunday April 8, including in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the epicenters of a global spiritual earthquake. In 1981, for the first...
