Darrow Shares Important Lessons from his Time in Peru

October 15th, 2009
Extracted from Darrow Miller’s Memoirs during his recent visit to teach in Peru.
I have been encouraged and gratified by the numbers of people who have come up to me to say that they have read Discipling Nations or have attended a conference, and about the impact that the school of thought has had [...]

The Sanctity of Work

One ministry that learned of our work has started to send me their periodic updates via email. When I received this newsletter, I wanted to share and highlight what they have been learning and the impact they’re having on the world around them with you.  At Romanian Orphan Ministries, they have been learning about the [...]

Practicing Compassion

When God appeared to Moses on Mount Sinai, he passed before him and proclaimed his name (Ex. 34:5-7). What was the first word God used to describe himself? Compassion. Indeed, this quality is at the very center of  his nature. As Marvin Olasky reminds us in The Tragedy of American Compassion, compassion literally means suffering (passion) with (com). Philippians [...]

The Protestant Work Ethic

I enjoyed reading “Whatever Happened to the Work Ethic? The financial bust reminds us that free markets require a constellation of moral virtues” by Stephen Malanga.  Darrow talks extensively about the Protestant work ethic that can help impoverished peoples understand the biblical worldview that lifts people out of poverty and toward a culture of beauty, [...]

Church Program Seen as Key to Safer South Phoenix

Here is a great reminder of the difference that one church can make when they are intentional and courageous to serve wholistically in the needs of their local community.
This article, including the title is taken directly from AZcentral.com
by Michael Ferraresi – Jul. 22, 2009 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic
Sweating in the summer heat, volunteers moved boxes [...]

What Did Jesus Say?

How does it apply to me? Surely it applies to me differently than his original audience. Or does it?
I am always deeply impressed when I read an article about or meet a person who takes the words of Christ literally. So often in our attempts to live wisely and protect ourselves, we inhibit the Gospel [...]

What Characteristics are Needed to Make a Godly Wholistic Impact?

Recalling our Staff Conference
Dear Harvest Team,
In our staff conference last year, I talked to you about mentorship and encouraged each of you to not only see yourselves as teachers and trainers, but also as mentors.  I actually don’t like the word “mentor” because it implies that the mentor is above the mentee (the one being [...]

Biblical Values Produce Abundance in Paraguay

You may have missed one of the greatest free articles on our website if you have not yet read Darrow Miller’s Agriculture and the Kingdom of God.  Darrow recently referenced a phenomenal example from the article of another impoverished community that was brought into prosperity as a result of biblical values (pg. 31 1/2 – [...]

More on the new Truth and Transformation

The following is the foreword to Vishal Mangalwadi’s new and most important book yet—Truth and Transformation: A Manifesto for Ailing Nations, written by Dr. Art Lindsley of the C.S. Lewis Institute:
Many have spoken and written on the crisis of our times—economic, religious, moral and political. Some have said that the culture wars are over and [...]

Truth and Transformation: A Manifesto for Ailing Nations

It is a rare book that has me as excited as Vishal Mangalwadi’s new one does, Truth and Transformation. It simply is one of the most important books I’ve read on the power of a biblical worldview for social and cultural transformation. If this is a topic you care about—as I assume it is if [...]