Change

    I have noticed as the issues of the Other Sheep progress in time, things in it start to change. A while back they started using pictures on the front of each month, and they added on a children's page. In this 1960 issue they had mission field spreadsheets on how much was being sent and how it was divided out, and special needs for foreign missionaries and how much it would cost. I like the change in the issues, the publishers were learning as they went along and added or subtracted where needed. One thing I like about this particular article of the Other Sheep is there was a testimony from a boy from South Africa, he wrote it himself. It was not the missionary writing the story down about him, but it was from the boy's own mouth (so to speak). I think this is a really cool addition to the Other Sheep, instead of just getting reports from missionaries themselves also get testimonies from community members where they work. I think that that can be a more powerful testimony if it is from the person them self.
    Moving on to a completely different topic here, but I wanted to bring up something we have talked about in class. Now, I understand that this is a Nazarene magazine about Nazarene missionaries but some of the things they say about being a "good old Nazarene" drives me crazy. It seems to me like being a Nazarene is more important to them than claiming their Christianity. Why cant they talk about what they are doing as a good Christian and not as a good Nazarene. Other denominations are Christians too, but it offends me when people think that their denominational affiliation is more important than their faith in Christ. In my opinion, having a relationship with Christ should be stressed far more than what your denominational affiliation is.