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“Through personal storytelling, biblical preaching, and literally getting us out of the church and into a mosque, Andy walked alongside our church with the question, “Compelled by God’s love, what does it mean to love our Muslim neighbor?” Wise, gentle, and prophetic, Andy doesn’t just talk about peacemaking–he lives it.”Continue Reading

“Peacemaking is a divine work. For peace means reconciliation, and God is the author of peace and of reconciliation. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the particular blessing which attaches to peacemakers is that “they shall be called children of God.” For they are seeking to do what their Father hasContinue Reading

A guest column By Stan Friedman originally published in the Covenant Companion Photo by Andy Larsen CHICAGO, IL (November 3, 2016) – Serve Globally executive minister Al Tizon announced the establishment of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) mission region today. MENA will be the smallest of the five regions geographically,Continue Reading

Some words from Thomas Merton speak to our state of affairs today in my humble opinion. “When (men) are merely submerged in a mass of impersonal human beings pushed around by automatic forces, they lose their true humanity, their integrity, their ability to love, their capacity for self-determination. When societyContinue Reading

Is this what Marshall McLuhan warned us about when he said “the medium is the message?” Think we need more reporters and fewer spin doctors. https://t.co/fSduLiSe0j — Andrew Larsen (@AndyELarsen) October 5, 2016 Worth repeating America in 2000: 65,900 reporters,128,600 PR people America in 2015: 45,800 reporters, 218,000 PR peopleContinue Reading