Hope. When I became a social worker, that was the word given to me. Dreams. The word it has shifted to in recent years. One of my mentors told me once I was a “hope dealer”. I was someone with the willingness to believe everyone could achieve their dreams with Christ. Many times you could find me sitting beside a single mom and her newborn baby, dreaming and planning how she could buy her first home even while sitting in the ash and pain of an unplanned pregnancy and single parenthood.
Read More“History is paved by the intercessors”. Well, my friend, what is an intercessor?
Read MoreTo continue our racial reconciliation series, our Editor in Chief is sharing a video by the creator of Veggie Tales that she found impactful. This 17-minute video goes through the history of laws and movements in the United States regarding race and helps explain where systematic racism may continue to exist in the United States (and why!).
Read Morehese are the words that caught my attention as I stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial in January. What does Abraham Lincoln mean by three thousand years ago? What are the two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil?
Read MoreAs Yelena and I started researching racial reconciliation and how to best address the topics, we went to our friends to find resources. It just so happened that my neighbors across the street had a podcast. Their podcast was addressing racial issues in light of Christ and their own personal experiences.
Read MoreFor me, racial reconciliation is very personal. I grew up in St. Louis where the Ferguson riots were. My dad was an associate pastor near that area. Later, we moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the most segregated city in the nation. I have spent the last four years of my life sitting in the streets of the black neighborhoods hearing stories.
Read MoreMy hope in taking you on this journey is not that you learn how to start a non-profit or how to find your calling in life. It is my desire to show you what God can do when you try to be fully surrendered to him (I never want to claim to be fully surrendered because we are all always a work in progress).
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