Tag Archives: The Hole In Our Gospel

Two churches, two sundays (excerpt from Unfinished)

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Rich Stearns in Christian Witness

Two churches, two Sundays | World Vision Blog

This past Tuesday, Rich Stearns — president of World Vision U.S. and best-selling author of The Hole in our Gospel — launched his second book: Unfinished: Believing Is Only The Beginning. Below is an excerpt from the book, which explores God’s plan for the world and how each and every one of us is called to a unique role in that mission....

[Book Launch] Unfinished: Why believing is only the beginning

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Matthew Brennan in Christian Witness

Unfinished: Why believing is only the beginning | World Vision Blog

The Gospels present a sweeping, holistic view of the lives Jesus calls us to lead as His followers. But modern-day Christianity tends to sell this message short: We go about our daily routines believing that if we live morally, respect each other, and believe in Christ, we’re all set. Unfinished, the latest book by Richard Stearns, president of World Vision U.S., presents a more complete model for what it means to follow Christ: “Believing is only the beginning.”...

Following Coach Richt to Honduras — a trip that changes lives

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Guest blogger in Partnerships, Stories

"Welcome Mark and Katharyn Richt" sign at a World Vision community in Honduras. ©2011 Erin Aspegren/World Vision

World Vision? What’s that? An optician with delusions of grandeur? A new psychic helpline? A few months ago, I had no idea. Then there came a curious off-season story from the most watched sports beat here at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: University of Georgia football. Bulldogs fans were all atwitter over a report that head coach Mark Richt had put his vacation lake home up for sale. That prompted wide speculation that after two disappointing seasons he was selling off as a hedge against the possibility of being fired this year........

‘The Hole In Our Gospel’ inspires football coach to sell his home

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Stories

My email inbox is notorious for housing second-hand articles from my colleagues about new technology, philanthropy, trends in new media, or nonprofit stories — my typical work-related interests. But last week, several work friends sent me the UGA Sports Blog article, “Mark Richt sells Lake Hartwell property.” When I first started reading it, I was thinking that my colleagues who sent me this must think I’m an avid Georgia sports fan, even though I went to college in California, and have never even visited Georgia (nor do I keep up with college football). My short attention span had just about given up on the article when I read this paragraph about half way down: “Within the last year, I read...