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I Need More From My Daughter's School Than Lip Service About Racism

Districts must put real action behind their anti-racist statements, writes Funmi Haastrup. Here are five places to start.




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'Was I Part of the Problem?' A Journalist Studies Her Own Reporting on Race

Veteran reporter Debra Viadero invites researchers to scrutinize her decades of reporting for racial bias.




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How to Really Close Opportunity Gaps During Our National Racial Reckoning

"Colorblind" teaching isn’t going to cut it, writes Vanderbilt University’s H. Richard Milner IV.




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Diego from Chile: skater for Jesus

OM Chile's skateboard ministry in Santiago is bearing fruit. Skater Diego gave his life to Jesus, after becoming friends with OM'er Yerko Clavero.




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Boys´ stuff and Bible talk

After a successful season of ´Generation X´, the OM Chile team decided to carry on with the activities for teenage boys living in a boys home in Santiago.




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Churches perform flash mob

Chileans and foreigners perform a flash mob in the largest plaza in Santiago.




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Changed in only nine months

The participants of OM Chile’s nine-month Intensive Training were different people when they left than when they had arrived.




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Raising support with rubber ducks

Supporters of an OM worker raise money for her ministry by hosting a rubber duck race.




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An answer to prayer

A young boy in a Chilean children's home receives an answer to his heart-felt prayer.




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Praying for the children

An OM Chile team member visits two children's homes each week to invest in the kids' lives. She asks people to join her in prayer.




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OM Chile moves into new ministry base

God supplies OM Chile with a new ministry base big enough for the team to live and work together in the same location.




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Singing on the bus

A participant of OM Chile's Intensive Training programme experiences a cultural adventure while riding on Santiago's city buses.




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Jesus on the front gate

The participants of the Intensive Training programme begin neighbourhood evangelism by gluing paintings about God's love to the sides of their front gate.




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Loving every child

An OMer shows loves to a young boy at a children's home who finds it easier to connect with animals than with other people.




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Sharing in a parking lot

OM Chile shares the gospel by offering free services, doing dramas and performing a flash mob as part of a church youth camp.




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Sharing, encouraging and volcano climbing

OM Chile's Intensive Training participants travel around the south of Chile for two weeks sharing the gospel, encouraging local churches and doing adventure activities.




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Fellowship through football

OM Chile's newly-created sports ministry experiences God's faithfulness in its first football game.




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Flexibility during an afternoon of film

OM Chile's homeless ministry planned to show a movie on the street for around 100 homeless friends. They had to get creative when problems arose.




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Strengthening relationships through supper

In an effort to strengthen relationships with local churches, OM Chile recently held a dinner for local pastors that featured international flavours and testimonies.




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Motivating Chilean churches for missions

God uses an OM Chile team member to encourage churches in the north of the country.




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Breakfast with OM Chile

The third Saturday of every month OM Chile organises a free breakfast, during which team members present missions initiatives in Chile and worldwide.




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Wilful girl touched by God's love

Jennifer Lam from Hong Kong experiences the love of God transforming the lives of children during OM Chile's Intensive Mission Training.




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A friend on the streets

A student with OM Chile’s Intensive Mission Training and a man living on the streets of Santiago dream together about what heaven will be like.




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Meetings arranged by God

Worker Mirjam Hoolsema, from the Netherlands, talks about her experience with a woman she saw every day during her daily devotion.




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Everyone must decide

A man renews his decision to follow Christ after chatting with a volunteer during an OM flash mob in a busy area of Santiago.




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'How do I find hell?'

Every week OM Chile goes out to share about Jesus in creative ways. Recently, armed with maps and backpacks, they asked passers-by for directions.




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Successes and struggles in the children's home

OM Chile’s Children’s Ministry knows the power of God’s Word and the support of encouraging adults can change children’s lives.




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Fruits from English classes

Teaching English by acting out Christian songs. Great fun, and surprisingly meaningful for Gabiel, a homeless man in Chile.




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Sharing the Gospel with a cardboard coffin

Street evangelism - that’s how Nicolas ended up carrying a 2 meter high cardboard coffin on a bus across Santiago, Chile.




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I am the prodigal son

OM Chile's Agape ministry has been running an Alpha course in the day centre for homeless people. Bethany Lyttle shares of her experience there.




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A week for the Holy Spirit

For two days, the OM Chile Agape Team share with homeless people about the Holy Spirit and witness miracles.




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Fellowship beyond borders

Marloes Achterveld, from the Netherlands, shares about falling in love with the people of Curarrehue in southern Chile during OM Chile's Intensive Missions Training.




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Broken but saved by grace

OM Chile team member Marloes Achterveld witnesses God change the life of a homeless man.




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Part of God’s plan

A volunteer from OM Chile expresses deep joy after being used by God during a recent outreach.




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Trusting in God while sick

A volunteer from Switzerland serving with OM Chile shares about a special experience she had when doing ministry in the streets of Santiago, Chile.




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The miracle of a family meal

Jessie Stein tells the story of God's faithfulness in the midst of learning a foreign language and the struggles of a broken family.




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An ever changing testimony from an ever present God

When asked to share his testimony, a participant of OM Chile's Adventure Team realises just how much God has worked in his life.




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God loves you in every language

A participant of OM Chile's Adventure Team shares about a man who was deeply affected while they visited the homeless in the streets of Santiago.




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Defining mobilisation

A girl from the Netherlands comes to OM Chile with passion to do evangelism. Instead, she gains a true appreciation for mobilisation.




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Shelter and freedom in Christ

Antofagasta, Chile :: Logos Hope crewmembers tell men who've battled with addiction and crime about Jesus' love for them.




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Boldness to share the good news

Antofagasta, Chile :: A team of Logos Hope crewmembers pray for patients and their relatives at a hospital.




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News24 Business | Capital growth still disappoints

Although cash should still be seen as a "trashy" asset class, investors do not have many other places to park their money, says an analyst.




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Storytime, Meet Number Play: Early Math in the Home Matters for Later Skills

Preschool-age children who frequently play number-related games at home show better math skills and growth by the end of kindergarten, finds a new study in the journal Child Development.




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In Pandemic, Digital Access and Parents' Education Made the Biggest Difference in Schools' Response

A comprehensive look at how U.S. schools served students in the aftermath of the coronavirus closures finds that schools responded more fully in communities where parents' education levels were higher.




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How to Make Lessons Cohesive When Teaching Both Remote and In-Person Classes

When some students are online and others in school buildings, how can teachers make sure everyone is learning what they need to learn?




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SMS Bible verses become daily bread

Pamir Productions radio ministry sends texts to encourage listeners and viewers.




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Art to heart

A long-term worker in Kazakhstan shares about her passion for creative arts to invest in relationships and learn about culture at a prestigious university.




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Bringing bread to Uzbeks

OM works behind the scenes to help Uzbek believers who are providing spiritual bread for their people also provide physical bread for their families.




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Pray for Uzbeks

In learning the Uzbek language, OMers gain insights into Uzbek culture and worldview, thus gaining greater understanding in how to pray for them.




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Glorifying God through an unexpected gift

An OMer in Kazakhstan tells of a Kazakh friend and believer who, finding herself pregnant again before she is ready, wrestles with cultural norms.