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A missionary-founded research center has nearly eradicated malaria in rural Zambia. But now the center faces funding cuts from the National Institutes of Health. |
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American evangelicals’ support for Israel’s government has declined, and experts say current events, theology, politics, and generational divides may explain why. |
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A look at the efforts to revitalize a 400-year-old church that’s survived fire, division, and theological drift. |
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From senior staff writer Emily Belz: For my reporting in Kenya and Zambia, I needed to pack light because I was moving so much—visiting different hospitals hundreds of miles apart. So I had one small duffel bag. |
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I thought I would share what I bring on these trips to rural Africa, where I’ve reported on and off for years. Many parts of Africa are urban, highly developed places with third-wave coffee shops—but the remote places I’ve gone to have fewer resources and less reliable infrastructure. |
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In addition to the usual travel things, I pack: |
- Granola bars, instant coffee, and instant oatmeal, in case I need a quick meal—or more importantly, coffee.
- Bug spray with picaridin, for extreme mosquito situations.
- Malaria prophylaxis, a course of antibiotics, and Emergen-C. I’ve never regretted bringing my own mini pharmacy.
- Yellow fever vaccination certificate (some countries require this).
- Backup battery, for keeping my phone charged after a long flight or in case of a power outage.
- Rubber clogs, because there are a lot of fluids in hospitals.
- A lot of US cash. In some countries, to pay for lodging or transport, I have had to bring US dollars that were minted in the last few years.
- Headlamp, for power outages or for walking back to my lodging at night in the countryside where there are no streetlights. I also need this in some areas to keep an eye out for snakes while walking at night.
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July 23, 1373: Saint Bridget (or Birgitta) of Sweden dies. The pious and charitable mystic and founder of the Bridgettine Order, greatly influenced the pope’s decision to return to Rome. |
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While the internet seems consumed with political debate, as Christians, we must practice acknowledging cultural fissures and fractures while also placing our ultimate hope in God alone. Christ’s work invites us to work toward repair. As America observes its 250th birthday this year, we both celebrate the American experiment in democracy and speak honestly about it; as Justin Giboney writes in "America 250," "We must be able to critique and appreciate with impartiality." In her essay on notable books, Jen Pollock Michel calls readers to consider how freedom for (not just freedom from) is necessary. Also, historian George Marsden looks back at 1976, the year of the evangelical, and Bonnie Kristian examines Charlie Kirk’s legacy. We hope you’ll spend some time with Angela Lu Fulton’s feature "The Cost of Training Up a Chinese Child," about Chinese Christians who have kept their faith preeminent, and Emily Belz’s reporting on an Anglican church’s support of families healing a year after a school shooting. Whether you find yourself naming fractures or repairing fissures, we hope this will lower the cultural temperature, showing that our faithful work matters but also that Christ promises to make all things new. |
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