New Identity Magazine

Like Father, Like Son

Noah Nelson — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 17:32:00 +0000

Craig Stanley Cliver plays golf. He’s a pro. He’s also partially blind. You’ve probably never heard of him. It’s Saturday and another gorgeous day in California. The sun and a cool breeze keep the temperature in the low eighties. I’m standing on the tee box overlooking a long par five. The fairway’s clipped clean in perfect manicured lawn-mowed stripes. The green sits some five-hundred plus…

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IN HYDESIGHT

Steven Butwell — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:03:02 +0000

I love watching Forensic Files. I could keep the Investigation Discovery channel on for the entire day without being bothered by it, which in most cases happens anyway while I am at work. I have learned from these shows that most of the time, if not all of the time, the perpetrators are on the run, eventually get apprehended and then are sentenced based on the severity of their crime.

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FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE

Lisa Gagnon — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:01:19 +0000

Photo by Lisa Gagnon As the sun passed behind the Himalayan foothills around 3 in the afternoon, the air suddenly seemed to darken and chill. The villagers finished up their work and began preparing the evening meal of white rice, dahl, and meat. We shivered around the fire, and I gasped when I turned back around to look over the valley. Electric lights flicked on one by one across the jungle…

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COURTING MRS. HYDE

Steven Butwell — Mon, 23 May 2016 16:09:41 +0000

Photo Credit: Leo Hidalgo | Flickr (Creative Commons) It started out small. She would come out with me on the weekends. She gave me the courage to be louder, more bold in my declarations, and even go to the extent of humiliating myself in the presence of my peers. She laughed and cheered alongside me, offering support and courage as I continued in my path of debauchery. I was captivated by her…

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EGYPTIAN COPTIC CHRISTIANS

Alexa Wan — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:43:21 +0000

Nestled in the Mokattam Hills, this Zabbaleen church is chiseled entirely out of a limestone rock face. In bare, weakly sun-lit rooms nestled under Cairo’s Mokattam Hills, known locally as Garbage City, walls are littered with religious artifacts and most floors strewn in heaps of trash, waiting for sorters. At the break of dawn men collect up to 13,000 tons of waste daily…

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One Unsung Hero

Matthew Hamilton — Mon, 05 May 2014 16:40:25 +0000

Photo Credit: Tyler Smith @ Flickr (CC) When we speak of someone making an impression, we often notice things that a person displays not for the sake of appearing impressive, or for the purpose of drawing attention to themselves, but the simple actions that come naturally to them. For many people, one of the biggest influences in shaping who they are is their mother.

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Redeeming Tragedy

Steven Butwell — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:17:28 +0000

Photos by Steven Butwell On May 20, 2013, a mile and a half wide EF-5 twister (five being the highest classification of tornado based on strength and damage caused) destroyed a majority of Moore, Oklahoma and claimed two dozen lives. I remember being at work and watching the tragedy unfold on television. Pointing at the television I said to our bartender, “God is going to send me there…

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Dreaming Big

Lara Tovmassian — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:58:18 +0000

Photo Credit: Spenser Marie @ Flickr (CC) Every Christian has the opportunity to do something bold for Christ. As sojourners in a fallen world, we are surrounded with endless opportunities to impact those around us with the Gospel. Christ’s Great Commission challenges us to make disciples of the nations and proclaim the name of the Lord to all. Rebecca Fuller and Jessica McBride…

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In The Hollow of His Hand

Emilie Schmidt — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:54:49 +0000

Photo Credit: J Voitus @ Flickr (CC) It was at the Birches Alzheimer’s Patients Home that I met this woman with the sweet smile, Molly. Far from my home in Colorado, the lush new landscape of Ireland held more than simple tourist excitements and breathtaking views. It was here, so far from home, that I learned how much I did not realize about myself, my strengths, and God given gifts.

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JOY REVOLUTION

Lara Tovmassian — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:00:12 +0000

Photo Credit: harold.lloyd @ Flickr (CC) Music and ministry have rarely come together so seamlessly as in the case of Benjamin Dunn and the Animal Orchestra. This band, formed and led by Benjamin Dunn, travels the nation performing shows and raising money to maintain an orphanage for children who have been living in garbage dumps and leper colonies in Hyderbad, India.

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