Stories

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    Retreat – Online?

    Posted On September 2, 2020

    The Servants community conducted an Online Retreat, June 25-27 where we had a chance to hear the laments, joys, sufferings and hopes of every Servants… Read More →

    The Valley of the Shadow

    Posted On August 31, 2020

    “Dad, what should we do? We have a corpse in our house.” My father was startled by the opening lines of my unscheduled whatsapp call. How on earth did I end up with a dead body in my room? Read More →

    From compassion to Fruitful Service

    Posted On August 1, 2020

    The fact that you’re reading this probably means you’re already convinced that following Jesus involves loving neighbours, and that praying for people leads to action,… Read More →

    Inside Edge: Thankful in all circumstances

    Posted On July 8, 2020

    [This reflection taken from the Inside Edge – to subscribe to receive this free newsletter by e-mail, use the sign-up box at the foot of… Read More →

    Kishor: a rocky road

    Posted On June 29, 2020

    The first time I met Kishor, I was struck by his remarkable outlook on life. A month and a half ago, he broke his spine… Read More →

    Servants Switzerland Newsletter

    Posted On June 18, 2020

    Servants Switzerland has just released its latest German-language newsletter. Read More →

    Praying the News

    Posted On May 28, 2020

    Manila food relief

    how privileged I am to have such friends, and hear such stories, to help me keep life in perspective, and keep living and praying for God’s kingdom coming Read More →

    Normalcy, freedom and choice

    Posted On March 23, 2020

    Reflections on Servants and travel choices. On a surface level, we live lives of greater freedom and choice than our ancestors could ever have imagined…. Read More →

    TASTE of a simple life of connection and love

    Posted On March 2, 2020

    through here and upstairs

    Contributed by Shannon Mawdsley, Servants NZ coordinator, who recently led the TASTE trip to India We were here. On the edge of the slum, wandering… Read More →

    Yusuf*

    Posted On February 26, 2020

    Recently we published a story about Yusuf written back in 2018. Here’s a recent update. Over the eight years we have lived in this neighborhood,… Read More →