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Gil on the Big Hill
OSAKA 大阪, the kanji if translated literally means "Big Hill". A city placed on a hill, when in a reality it is actually surrounded by mountains. In Japan, Osaka is known for its people, its distinct culture, historic sights, and its incredible food. It's a city of...
Letter From Our Founder
Wow, all I can say is WOW! 2015 has gotten off to an amazing start for all of us here at CODE! We have seen so much growth and support over the past couple months it is hard to imagine how we got along before. If you are new to the site and new to the organization,...
Joy Fruit
Recently, we have been reflecting on joy. This will be a short post but a direct one. Happiness is different than joy. Happiness is positive emotional projection. Human emotions fluctuate; however, we are promised joy through trials. The natural response to trials or...
“Wear the Latest Fashion, in Violence” (a devotional from Psalm 73)
There is a sad reality in the world of fashion. Many of the designer clothes for sale in malls across the world are made by underpaid workers, in unsafe conditions, who do not make a profit from our "50% off” sales purchases. Worse still are the diamonds, mined...
The Slaves of Shame
Here’s a glimpse of my time on the field in Thailand, leading a group of 20 women on a trip for Adventures in Missions. The reality of what we’re doing here hit me today. Not that I’d been flippantly in Thailand, naïve of our mission, but today as we walked the Red...
Complete Joy
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be...
Running Away (Is Not The Greatest Idea)
Scriptures: Jonah 1-4, Matthew 19:16-22 Read it on Bible Gateway here. As we bridge the gap between the Old Testament and the New Testament this morning, we are looking at how God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and… how running away is a poor choice. The...
What is Love?
What is Love? This is a question I have been asking myself a lot lately. Webster’s defines love as, noun, “a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person,” or verb, “to feel great affection for (someone), to like or desire (something) very much: to take great...