FIRST-PERSON: Hatred, racism, forgiveness
Keith Shorter notes that "hatred, racism and violence were defeated with one simple act of forgiveness" by Reverend Anthony Thompson, whose wife and eight others at were killed at Mother Emanuel AME Church by gunman Dylann Roof.
FIRST-PERSON: When your world gets turned upside down
When the battle between fear and faith erupts amid times of upheaval, Keith Shorter notes: "Fear fades when you put your hope in God alone."
FIRST-PERSON: The guy I failed to witness to
"So, do you have any good news for me today?" Keith Shorter was asked. But only "something about the weather" came out of his mouth rather than "the Good News of Jesus Christ."
FIRST-PERSON: An open letter to college freshmen
"You only get one freshman year, so pay careful attention to how you live it," Keith Shorter writes to new collegians. "Don't forget what you have learned from your parents, or others, about how to live a life that honors God."
FIRST-PERSON: A rainbow in the blue sky
Keith Shorter, in reflections for Bereaved Parents Month, recalls the untimely death of Brent, a college student who was "someone so full of life."
FIRST-PERSON: What makes a good mission team
Mission teams can accomplish in one week what it would take a missionary six months to accomplish, Keith Shorter writes. However, they can also tear down and undo what a missionary has taken months or years to build.
FIRST-PERSON: It’s not about us
In line at Starbucks, Keith Shorter ponders the daunting challenges often facing missionaries and church planters as well as the early Christians who faced threats, jailings and beatings.
FIRST-PERSON: A Bible in his pocket
Keith Shorter tells of a man with the Bible in his heart, a man who trusted in the Bible's power and a man, in astonishment, with the Bible in his pocket.
FIRST-PERSON: Billy Graham’s motorcade
Keith Shorter traveled to North Carolina to say thanks to Billy Graham as his motorcade passed by. The crowd stood silent. "We were not there because he was famous," Shorter recounts, "we were there because he was faithful."
FIRST-PERSON: Start somewhere
"You can't take the Gospel everywhere amid the overwhelming lostness in our world," Keith Shorter writes, "but you can take the Gospel somewhere, so start there."
