Stand[by] Josh Miles • 2010 ~ by Travis Stewart Josh Miles has been leading worship for patients at Remuda Ranch for some time now, ministering to women of all ages receiving treatment for life-threatening eating disorders. Personally I have worked as a therapist at Remuda for nearly 8 years. At first I saw Josh as just another guy playing guitar but it quickly became evident that he had a passion for what he was doing combined with a tremendous musical talent. ...

When I'm With You JJ Heller • 2010 ~ Travis Stewart and Laura Stewart JJ Heller's new albumn, "When I'm With You" is quickly adding to a fan base that was built on the success of her song "Your Hands" and the exposure it received on the TV show "So You Think You Can Dance." One critic called it "one of those “gourmet” albums that only comes along every once in awhile" while Stephen Lamb at The Rabbit Room writes, "J’s music has always been notable for her ...

~Ron ReedSister Rose Pacatte writes for the National Catholic Reporter. In her recent article Seeds of the Gospel in Cinema she talks about cinema divina - a practice of watching film as a spiritual discipline, derived from lectio divina. She mentions Father Benedict Auer's article "Video Divina: A Benedictine Approach to Spiritual Viewing," in which he writes "Video divina requires a set disposition which says, 'This evening, I wish to get closer to God, so I think I'm going to watch this film, which might give me better insights into myself or why my neighbor acts as she or he ...

Hope and the Great Restoration ~Travis Stewart Fourteen years ago my wife held our newborn child in our arms as his heart stopped beating after on 30 minutes of life. That experience changed everything; how we viewed the preciousness of life, how we expressed grief and even career choices. It also challenged how we understood the meaning of redemption and the core of the Gospel message. What I present here, in this audio presentation preached at Open Door Fellowship in ...

Part Two in a series written by Denis Haack of Ransom Fellowship addressing the problem on how to live faithfully in a culture largely ignorant of God. The following is a portion of his article "A Model for Faithfulness" (originally posted at www.ransomfellowship.org - used by permission). ~Travis Stewart A Model for Faithfulness The Babylon Series, Part 2 ~Denis Haack Where Evangelicals Are Today At the time of the First Great Awakening (1735-1743), ...

In the winter of 2001 I had a choice to make; either I take a one week class in New Testament Greek, continuing my work on a Master's of Divinity degree or switch degree programs and sign up for a class called Movies and Theology taught by Denis Haack. Considering that I didn't feel called to ordained ministry and having parsed my quota of Greek verbs I choose to learn the language of film over the language of the ancients (after all, I figured, I know a lot of guys I ...