New Identity Magazine

PRAYER’S A TWO WAY STREET

Derrick Engoy — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:54:09 +0000

Photo: © Julia Starr (night_fate) | Stock.xchng Imagine for a moment that God is speaking to you… right now. But instead of hearing a profound morsel of wisdom, He simply tells you to leave everything you know and head in a direction that isn’t even particularly clear. You’re allowed to take your immediate family, as well as one of your brother’s sons, and your belongings.

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THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Emily Chase-Ziolek — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:51:30 +0000

Photo Credit: Tom Leuntjens Photography @ Flickr (CC) Pick up any well-known fairy tale and you’re likely to read this concluding line: “…and they lived happily ever after.” Usually the line refers to a beautiful maiden and her handsome prince who has saved her from some unenviable life. In a life filled with inconveniences and setbacks, it’s no wonder that many of us want to be rescued from…

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HARBOR HOUSE

Leila Evangelista — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:49:03 +0000

Photo Credit: {tribal} photography @ Flickr (CC) Since 1972, Harbor House has worked with over 100,000 individuals in the San Antonio community of Oakland, California. The ministry began with a single person—schoolteacher and First Covenant Church member, Olive Freeman. Freeman began offering assistance to her students and their families, providing books, food, clothing…

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PLUGGING INTO FAITH AND COMMUNITY ON YOUR COLLEGE CAMPUS

Michelle Johnson — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:07:05 +0000

It was Saturday morning and I awoke to an empty dorm room. My roommate had gone to meet her family for the big football game. Realizing that I was alone was absolutely terrifying. After completing the finishing touches on my room, I spent the rest of the day counting down the hours until my roommate came back as I watched TV and surfed the Internet. Soon I heard knocking on doors and people…

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ARE CHRISTIANS TOO POLITICAL?

Kelli Ward — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:04:18 +0000

Photo Credit: Dustin Diaz | Flickr (Creative Commons) In the last issue we covered the fourth perception mentioned in the book UnChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity: And Why It Matters by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons (2007). In the book, Kinnaman and Lyons, with research from the Barna group, highlight the ways Christians are viewed in a negative light…

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SAVING SEX FOR MARRIAGE

Nicholas Sowell — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:23:15 +0000

Most people have a viewpoint or opinion on premarital sex, abstinence or “waiting to have sex after marriage.” Christians are no different. The generally accepted Christian viewpoint is that premarital sex is a sin. But why? As one of the Ten Commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” drops from Moses’ lips in Exodus 20:14, the taboo of premarital sex is etched in stone. But it is confusing…

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FROM THE LAND OF THE DEAD TO THE LAND OF THE LIVING

Shannon Clark-Rivera — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:06:36 +0000

Photo Credit: robclimbing | Flickr (Creative Commons) I don’t know if my father was the first in our family tree to commit suicide, but what I do know is that when it’s my time to leave this earth, it will not be by my own hand. At one point though, I felt differently. I wanted to take my own life. It was a dark and scary time, and it was only God who prevented this act from occurring.

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SIN

Ramon Mayo — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:42:42 +0000

I don’t know about you but all the English grammar that I learned in elementary school has leaked out of my brain. The English language is so complex. Some words in English can be verbs and nouns. Take for instance the word sleep. You can sleep the night away and someone can ask you if you have had a good sleep. It can be a verb, a word describing an action; or a noun, a word describing a person…

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SPRING CLEANING OUR HOMES AND LIVES

Cailin Henson — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:11:19 +0000

After snow and stormy weather for months, spring arrives with a feeling of renewal and refreshment. Windows are opened, dust is swept outside and the sun quenches new life for more hours in the day. Along with the change in weather, comes the cherished tradition of spring cleaning. The desire for freshness, cleanliness, rejuvenation, and change leads many people to tackle previously unattended…

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THE VIBE AT EASTER

Tom Koel — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:30:18 +0000

Easter time is a hard time to get excited about. Besides the fact that it is loosely connected to spring break, you just don’t see much hoopla about it. As we head into the dry days of spring, there aren’t any decent holidays until summer, unless you’re on the edge of your seat for President’s Day or Memorial Day. Easter doesn’t even provide a day off work, and feels more like Mother’s Day…

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