Month: October 2013

VJN Spotlight: How Des Moines Vineyard Fights Trafficking through Partnership

This week, VJN picks up on our ongoing “Spotlight” series of interviewing Vineyard pastors and leaders–particularly those who are responding to human trafficking, poverty, and/or the environment within their own communities and on a global level. Kathy Maskell interviews Becky Waugaman of the Des Moines 

Freeing Slaves: Book Review of The Slave Across the Street

This book review was written by Chad Estes, a member of the Boise Vineyard in Idaho. An Important Story Regarding Human Trafficking When Liam Neeson’s movie “Taken” came out in 2008 many people were shocked. The film portrayed how easily it was for unassuming girls 

Interconnectivity: How Worship Leads Us to Do Justice, Part 2

VJN has invited Elizabeth Lawton, a member of the Society of Vineyard Scholars, to enrich our conversation by offering her insights on the relationship between leisure, worship, and pursuing God’s justice. Elizabeth is a graduate student in moral theology and Christian Ethics at the University