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
![Who Will Pay Africa’s Medical Bills? Who Will Pay Africa’s Medical Bills?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/129700.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Locals are increasingly running African mission hospitals. The next challenge: keeping foreign donors.
Emily Belz in Nkhoma, Malawi
![Disasters Often Bring Revelation Rather than Punishment Disasters Often Bring Revelation Rather than Punishment](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/129641.jpg?h=123&w=220)
An 18th-century earthquake and a 21st-century pandemic can teach us about enlightenment and judgment.
Kirsten Sanders
![Learning to Love Our Neighbor’s Fears Learning to Love Our Neighbor’s Fears](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/129636.jpg?h=123&w=220)
We aren’t all equally afraid of the same things. But Scripture’s wisdom can apply to all of us.
Bronwyn Lea
Views
![How to Greet the End of ‘Roe’ How to Greet the End of ‘Roe’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/129667.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Faithful responses to the Supreme Court decision should involve new care practices.
Timothy Dalrymple
Reviews
![The Christian Case for Reading Black Classics The Christian Case for Reading Black Classics](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/129717.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and other African American masters deserve an audience among all believers.
Interview by Patricia Raybon
![New & Noteworthy Fiction New & Noteworthy Fiction](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/129664.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Chosen by Amanda Dykes, author of “All the Lost Places,” “Yours Is the Night,” and other novels.
Amanda Dykes
![Cultural Diversity Isn’t a Problem to Be Solved Cultural Diversity Isn’t a Problem to Be Solved](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/129675.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Different languages and ethnicities aren’t a consequence of sin, but a part of God’s plan.
Elliot Clark
News
![Preach the Gospel Everywhere. When Necessary, Use Laundromats. Preach the Gospel Everywhere. When Necessary, Use Laundromats.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/129640.jpg?h=123&w=220)
A different kind of “third place” ministry creates community and connections with washers and dryers.
Adam MacInnis