Faith&Friends
FROM THE EDITOR
Do You Know Him?
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esearching I Still Believe, the new movie about Christian musician and megastar Jeremy Camp, was more than an assignment for Jeanette Levellie. It built her own faith. “Reading and listening to interviews about how Jeremy struggled through loss, never shoving his pain under the rug but obeying God (writing songs and worshipping the Lord) in the midst of his pain, helped me see how all of us—famous or unknown—are in the same boat,” Jeanette says. “Sometimes when things go terribly wrong in my life,” Jeanette continues, “it’s tempting to think that God is punishing me for past sins. Then I look at Jeremy and his wife, Melissa. They put their trust—and their future—so fully in God’s hands that they believed He could use even the most horrible experience as a way to draw others to Him.” Jeanette needs this reminder when she goes through dark times. “God isn’t mad at me,” she says. “God is walking through it with me. That encourages me to stay faithful to Him and hope for a brighter future.” Read Jeanette’s review of I Still Believe on page 25. Easter is in April this year and our cover story is particularly apt. As the cover shows, we all have an idea of what Jesus looks like, but who was He, really? Writer Ingrid Barratt attempts to peel back the layers by showing that “the ability of Jesus to transcend culture, and yet fit within every culture, shows us that God really is with us.” Ingrid’s story is on page 16. Ken Ramstead
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