Author: Olivia Devlin

By Olivia Devlin – After being downgraded at the 2018 Olympics for Canadian bobsled and again in 2022, Melissa Lotholz has learned to take her disappointment to Jesus and come back to place 6th in the monobob in 2026. “It was a roller coaster because you’re holding this tension of like I’ve achieved this childhood dream that I prayed when I was super young (about going to the Olympics),” Melissa said. “It was hard for sure. I had the choice to honor God and invite him into the space even though it didn’t turn out like I hoped.” Melissa Lotholz…

By Olivia Devlin — Brazilians went from being mainly Catholics and Candomblecistas, who mix indigenous and African beliefs, to having the second most Christian missionaries in the world. “Brazilians have done a wide range of things from planting churches to doing aid work in some of the toughest places around the world,” says Todd Johnson of Gordon-Conwell Theological Center. “It’s really a story that’s not known by a lot of people.” Brazil is sending missionaries to far away places like Asia, Europe and Africa. They are using innovative strategies, like self-sustaining missionaries, who work abroad while they minister, and opening…