God Sends No One Alone
Their little eyes look around for their people. The ones who came to see them. Their mamas, daddies, siblings, relatives. The girls are wearing colorful dresses, hair fixed neatly. The…
Read moreStop the Humiliation and Restore the Dignity
Who Is Your Person? There is someone in your life right now that needs something you can give. It’s dignity. Maybe this person messed up in a big way, or…
Read moreWhen You Want to Hope
Now and Later This school year is almost over. Will I ever see these kids again after May? I wonder. On Thursday afternoons, my daughter Jenna has let me come…
Read moreWere They Really the “Good Old Days”? Depends on Who You Ask
When Were the “Good Old Days”? Some people want to rewind the clock a few years. Back to when they thought America was moral. When Christian values were common. Back…
Read moreDo you believe what they’re saying? Blacks and whites in America
A disturbing statistic showed up Friday in this article by Jim Wallis in The Washington Post, “White Christians need to act more Christian than white.” It was in response to…
Read moreAre we ever the persecutors?
Blessed are the persecuted. That’s us, right? (Or at least us in the broad sense. I make zero claims of suffering persecution in my comfy American lifestyle.) Yet whenever I…
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