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Holly Newell

Holly and her husband Josh live in Orlando, Florida where Josh is serving as executive director of Jesus Film Project. Holly’s lifelong passion is discipling and encouraging women as they grow in their walks with Jesus. Holly and Josh have three teenage sons, one fantastic daughter and a much beloved golden retriever.
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  • A Billion Children for Christ

    #AbillionchildrenforChrist—these words are inscribed on the cornerstone of All Saints’ Cathedral in Nairobi, Kenya, a stunning new addition to the historic property, dedicated in 2022. The story behind the inscription is remarkable. The Anglicans of Nairobi dreamed of creating a space just for the city’s young people. The cost? One billion Kenyan shillings (converted to…

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  • Lights in the Sky, And Light in Their Hearts

    One man’s call to the Maya is bringing light to unreached villages. Deep in the jungle of Central Mexico, a music teacher-turned missionary labors faithfully.  Sometimes he has helpers, like busloads of excited Americans on a mission, ministering with The Message for Mayans team. Members dress up like clowns and hand out toothbrushes and shoes…

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  • Signs of Hope: The Story of Jesus for the Deaf

    “On that day, the deaf will hear words read from a book, and the blind will see through the gloom and darkness. The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the Lord” Isaiah 29:18-19, New Living Translation). On April 3, Josh and I sat entranced in the historic Texas theater, surrounded by the cast,…

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  • Meeting the King in the Kitchen

    Our daughter, Emerson, and I love to welcome the Thanksgiving season as we used to when we lived in a colder climate by putting on cozy sweaters and baking pumpkin bread. The only difference is that now we—living in sunny Florida—have to crank up the A/C as well. The sweaters are a bit unnecessary, but…

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  • A Refugee’s Redemption Story

    “… An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. ‘Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and His mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.’ That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child…

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  • Asking The Spirit For Freedom

    “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces all contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever increasing glory …” (2 Corinthians 3:17-18, NIV). In early 2001, I sat in a Central Asian hotel lobby,…

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  • Born Again into a Living Hope

    “… He has caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3, ESV). I had the privilege of seeing our common hope being lived out during a recent trip to Kenya. As I sat in the gathering dark, surrounded by dozens of beautiful…

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  • The Mission Field Is Between Your Feet

    “… he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live. He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us”(Acts 17:26-27, Christian…

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  • #rejoice always #pray constantly #give thanks in everything

    Paul, the master communicator, could have written 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 just for our hashtag-crazy culture. These bite-sized reminders perfectly encapsulate the response to the challenges of 2020 for followers of Jesus. For many, the charge to “give thanks in everything” is particularly hard this Thanksgiving season. The losses of 2020 keep mounting. Joel 1:4 describes…

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