Category Archives: Service

“Haiti Is Still Happening”

I had meetings in Dallas today with leaders at three Campus Crusade ministries, including Global Aid Network, Campus Crusade for Christ’s humanitarian aid agency. I made a remark to their CEO, Duane Zook, about a phone call we had been scheduled to have some time ago. He had had to cancel it because, as I …

June 3, 2010 – 10:51 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Service | Comments Off

Memorial Day

From Yorktown, Virginia, just a few miles from the decisive battlefield of the American Revolution, a big thank you to all who have served our country in the armed forces, including their families; and a special thanks for those who gave their lives for our freedom.

May 31, 2010 – 9:17 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Service | Comments Off

Rising Above by Stooping Low, and How That Makes Sense After All

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Rising Above

Last Thursday I wrote asking “why rise above?” Why take it as important to rise above our own wants, needs, concerns, and interests? There is an important follow-on question: how does one rise above? In God’s economy, one rises by stooping. It that is so, it opens up several important questions. I’ll begin with whether …

May 15, 2010 – 8:42 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Service, The Faith | Tagged | Comments Off

The Hole In My Mission

Book Review As if the Sermon on the Mount and the Prophets weren’t disturbing enough, now I’ve gone and read Richard Stearns’s 2009 book, The Hole in Our Gospel: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World. I don’t know whether to recommend you read …

March 19, 2010 – 9:48 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Service | Tagged , , | Comments (6)

An Open Letter to 3union

3union is a band of three teenaged brothers I ran sound for in concert last Wednesday and again last night.* (They had an 18-year-old bass player with them temporarily on this tour, too). Here is an open letter to the band. It’s not just for them, though. If you are a believer in Christ who …

March 14, 2010 – 7:01 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Service | Tagged | Comments (2)

Haiti: Needs We Can Help Meet

My friend Duane Zook, who heads up the humanitarian aid agency Global Aid Network (GAiN), phones in a report from Haiti: GAiN has already distributed several hundred thousand meals in Haiti this week. Please help them continue their work. You could even help with the work in GAiN’s U.S. distribution center, as our church has done many …

January 21, 2010 – 12:36 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Service | Comments Off

A spiritual path to helping veterans with PTSD

Just a quick note to say that some friends of mine have been involved in leading the charge on this in Campus Crusade for Christ’s Military Ministry: Ministries pave a spiritual path to help veterans with PTSD – USATODAY.com

August 5, 2009 – 6:55 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Service | Comments Off

Change the World From Your Computer

As a Thinking Christian reader, if you’re one of our readers who is a believer in Christ, you may have just what it takes to help change the world from right where you are. Global Media Outreach gives you the opportunity to touch lives anywhere in the world: Have you ever wondered what your personal …

June 5, 2009 – 4:16 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Service, The Faith | Comments (2)

As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation From Rwanda

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series As We Forgive

Book Review “One of the most haunting things about living in Rwanda after the genocide is that killers still walk among the survivors.” (From page 249.) I have just experienced one of the most remarkable books of my life: As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation From Rwanda, by Prison Fellowship senior writer and editor Catherine …

April 25, 2009 – 9:04 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Service, The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)