Gently grasping his shoulder and earnestly making eye contact, I told Costos how much God loved him. “God loves you, Costos.” He glanced up with an assuring smile. We had just met this young man seconds before. Our team was ...
Handing Ashkan the dollar-fifty train ticket, I wished I could have bought my refugee friend a boarding pass to my country instead. He feels stuck. Isolated. “I wish I could leave from Greece,” he admitted. He added, “I never fly ...
You may like or dislike President Trump, praise or protest his policies, or support or wish to supplant his political career. Our current leader of the United States has his share of flaws and egregious behavior, but he’s not the ...
My gangly instructor guided me through the weight room into the cage where ten monkey-like creatures performed acrobatics. They flung themselves from pole to pole and jumped from one wooden box to the next. I sensed the skepticism on their ...
It’s almost incredulous that Jesus heals ten lepers in Luke 17 simultaneously. Without fanfare, he commands the motley crew, “Go, show yourselves to the priest.” They exit stage left, and while Jesus restores their skin. Jesus earns a big, two ...
