July/August
2022
Volume 66, Number 5

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About This Issue
Our cover story this month follows a handful of Ukrainians who left their country on the eve of war—or in some cases, years earlier—and who sensed they were in exile “for such a time as this.” Plus: laundromat ministries, sermon lengths, fighting compassion fatigue, Jesus and jazz, and more.
Cover Story
Features

Locals are increasingly running African mission hospitals. The next challenge: keeping foreign donors.
Emily Belz in Nkhoma, Malawi

An 18th-century earthquake and a 21st-century pandemic can teach us about enlightenment and judgment.
Kirsten Sanders

We aren’t all equally afraid of the same things. But Scripture’s wisdom can apply to all of us.
Bronwyn Lea
Views

Faithful responses to the Supreme Court decision should involve new care practices.
Timothy Dalrymple
Reviews

Why James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and other African American masters deserve an audience among all believers.
Interview by Patricia Raybon

Chosen by Amanda Dykes, author of “All the Lost Places,” “Yours Is the Night,” and other novels.
Amanda Dykes

Different languages and ethnicities aren’t a consequence of sin, but a part of God’s plan.
Elliot Clark
News

A different kind of “third place” ministry creates community and connections with washers and dryers.
Adam MacInnis