Outcast

HAPPY MONDAY! A personal weakness got me thinking about today’s word-of-the-week… OUTCAST Jesus hung out with outcasts, right? We all know it’s true, and we all believe it’s a noble idea—for someone else. But if I’m honest, I don’t want to hang around with the homeless, the developmentally disabled, the poor, the addicts, the abused… […]

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What’s Your Story?

Becky and I discovered this week that lots of people don’t “get” what we’re doing. That’s a little frustrating. When you’re in the middle of something and you’re passionate about it, it’s hard to imagine how any rational being can’t understand every nuance of our project. Obviously, they’re not listening. And then I recall something […]

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Why Do We Remember?

Yesterday I wrote about memorials. I referenced a special memorial, a pile of stones God told the people to leave at the place they entered the Promised Land. “In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark […]

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Memorial

HAPPY MONDAY! The holiday sparks today’s word-of-the-week… MEMORIAL Today’s Memorial Day in the U.S. It’s a day for remembering, but memorials are also about traditions, markers, and monuments. Many of us will travel today to special places, either physically or in spirit, to pay our respects and remember loved ones. In Joshua 4, God told Joshua […]

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Where Do You See Jesus?

Sometimes the simplest questions are the best. The pastor asked one of those simple questions when Becky and I visited a new church with our FREEDOM TOUR teammate Andrew Thorne last weekend. He began the message by asking, “What would change if you saw Jesus in the person next to you?” The pastor shared a […]

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How Does Rescue Happen?

How do children come to the HOME OF HOPE? Supporters often wonder how Project Rescue secures the release of trafficked women and children. Human traffickers are dangerous, violent criminals. Many are part of sophisticated, ruthless organized crime operations. Human trafficking generates more than $39 billion in revenue worldwide ($10 billion in the U.S.). It’s the […]

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Others

HAPPY MONDAY! I think I’ve messed up a personal principle, which prompts today’s word-of-the-week… OTHERS Perhaps this is just for me, but I have a sense it might touch a few of you as well. I’ve been overly concerned lately with what others think. I value feedback and the counsel of friends. I’d never want […]

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Is A Gift Always A Gift?

What happens when you give a no-strings-attached gift and the person to whom you gave it takes advantage of you by misusing the gift? Okay, that’s kind of convoluted. Let’s break it down. First, let’s define “gift.” In its purest form, a gift is offered with no strings attached. For example, we send flowers to […]

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What’s Your Image Of Jesus?

What do you picture when you think about Jesus? Seriously, what just popped into your head? Me? I actually think about this quite a bit. I just picture walking along a quiet path together. Yeah, walking—no wheelchair. Just walking, and sometimes there’s talking but it’s okay if it’s quiet. It’s the being there together that […]

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