Record Fall 2009 Issue

A Dream Comes True in Appalachia

Railroad in Logan County, West Virginia. Photo by Chris LeamanPastor Michael C. Hartwell is a jolly, talkative man who likes to tell funny stories, do impersonations and preach the Scriptures to the broken and needy...

Filling a House with Hope

At left is John Colligan, and far right is Thom May, both from the American Bible Society, and Cherilyn Frei, of RMH, presenting Bibles to RMH patients. In June, American Bible Society staff members delivered 150...

Mission: Literacy to the Rescue

A volunteer helps an inner city boy learn to read with God’s Word.How can we both improve critical literacy deficits and introduce children to God’s Word? Answer: Mission: Literacy. Many low-income urban...

Centuries of God's Word Ignite Wonder

Amy Grant visits the Rare Scriptures collection at Bible House“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” (KJV). Reading these words from Psalm 119 brings...

In Memoriam - Fall 2009

Alice Ball. Photo by Benjamin Leaman The American Bible Society celebrates the life and mourns the death of Alice Ball, who served with ABS from 1955 through 1988. At retirement she was one of the Bible Societies&...

New Relevance for Timeless Words

Andy Crouch. Photo by Courtney Brooke“The Bible” as we know it — a printed book with numbered chapters and verses — is only a few hundred years old. Is it possible that...

Quiet Time

Receive Daily E-mail DevotionalsSign Up Here October 2009 - Called to be Free to Work for Peace and Justice1 - Habakkuk 1.1-172 - Habakkuk 2.1-203 - Habakkuk 3.1-19 World Communion Sunday*4 - 1 Corinthians 11.17-345 - Psalm 76...

A View from the Summit

Rwandan worship leader, Jean Paul Samputu, at left, and traditional drummers performed at the Global Bible Summit. Photo by David Singer.Celebrated writer and Bible teacher, Philip Yancey, opened the American Bible Society's...

Please Pray

Angola Thank God for the peace that now prevails. Praise him for the donors who support our translation projects and for the printing of the diglot (two language) Umbundu/Portuguese Bible. Pray for Angola politicians,...

The Message Behind the Music

Rojo promotes La Biblia Es Mi GuÃa on tour Rojo’s lead singer/frontman, Emmanuel Espinosa, was 13 when his parents died. In a recent interview with ABS, he told of the impact that...