What can you and I do to end slavery? What I’ve Seen Of Slavery INDIA 2009. We walked through the open-air brothel in Kolkata as a local pastor explained how the girls in the doorways got from their homes in Bangladesh and Pakistan to slavery in India. Poverty, he said,… Read More
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I don’t sing at youth events. Generally. I remember when my youth minster brought in the old guy he just loved and had him sing at our youth camp. Oh, so awkward. The OP shirt didn’t fool anyone. And it definitely didn’t make his crooning sound more like what was… Read More
Touching Scars
“When you were depressed,” she asked, “did you lose your faith?” Her lip trembled, a dam holding back the depths. View Post
Just Hug
“Please I can have something?” “What do you need?” I asked. “Ummmm,” he said, rolling his eyes up and biting his lip. “Ummm…something to eat,” he said. “You already had a snack and dinner is soon so no more food right now,” I explained and because I’m never quite sure… Read More
The Two Prayers Of Tim Tebow (Updated 12.19.11)
Every game is a rerun. Tim Tebow is arguably the worst quarterback in the NFL for three quarters. And then he sneaks off to a phone booth before the fourth quarter and emerges as arguably one of the best quarterbacks in the league for the rest of the game. The… Read More
Still Smiling
“I’ve never felt more out of control,” Becky told me last night shortly after four kids were read to, prayed with and tucked in. We were six months to a year away from adopting two to four siblings from Ethiopia when our social worker called asking if we’d foster-to-adopt a… Read More