I ran across an interesting thought about comparing. God created all sorts of stuff. Big stuff and little stuff. Bugs. Stars. Trees. Snakes. I think He’s still creating. I don’t know how. Doesn’t matter. Each time God created, He looked at the results and “saw that it was good.” He didn’t say some things were […]
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Somebody’s Gotta Do It
I saw this line from the upcoming movie “JUST MERCY.” Somebody has to stand when others are sitting. Somebody has to speak when others are quiet. I want to add a third line. Somebody has to cycle to bring hope and freedom to kids rescued from human trafficking…while others sit on the couch. Somebody’s gotta […]
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I’ve been showing you the handprints of our kids. We can’t show their faces. They live in a place where showing pictures, listing names, even naming the country would magnify the danger they already face from the traffickers. So the handprints are a way of creating a sense that we’re personally connected. However, 22 handprints […]
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I don’t read as many books as I should. During our brief Christmas vacation I devoured FINDING CHIKA by Mitch Albom. It’s a delightful, heartwarming – and heartbreaking – tale of what happens when love steps across the artificial boundaries we place in its path. FINDING CHIKA, on one level, follows Mitch Albom’s faith journey […]
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Gratitude is a good way to begin a decade.
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Seek Justice. As we look toward a new year. As we prepare for FREEDOM TOUR 2020. As we absorb and process the news. I keep thinking about this central message of scripture. Seek justice. Do what you can to set things right from a kingdom perspective. But what, exactly, does that mean? May I ask […]
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Just 4 Pictures
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On behalf of everyone at the FREEDOM TOUR, and the kids at the HOME OF HOPE, Becky and I wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
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Imagine the Christmas Eve headlines. Thousands Flock To Ancestral Homes!Burdensome Taxes On Horizon Roman Soldiers Assault Innocent Family!Apparently They Looked Guilty Governor Hosts Huge Party!Wealthy Dine And Dance While People Starve King Huddles With Advisors!Amid Rumors Of Purge All sorts of urgent “news” might have dominated first-century Twitter feeds. Social media streams would have been […]
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“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” Last time I said Jesus holds each child at the HOME OF HOPE in His hands. I said He cares for them one-at-a-time in some mysterious, miraculous way we can’t understand. Honestly, I wish He would […]
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“What’s the story…behind the story?” Our pastor asked that question this weekend. I thought about these hand prints. There’s this whole wonderful story about the HOME OF HOPE and a community of rescued kids living in hope and freedom. I love that story, but Jeff’s question reminded me that this is much more than a […]
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Imagine being born in a stinky, nasty place surrounded by chaos. And then imagine, after you survived, powerful political leaders considered you a threat and wanted to kill you. Our neat little nativity scene is a bit misleading. It wasn’t all rainbows and smiles surrounded by a heavenly glow from the star. It was an […]
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