Unexpected Joy

I was recently on my way to a last-minute workout when I noticed drivers ahead acting erratically at a crosswalk. A mother was in the middle of the road stopping cars, desperate for cash to feed her kids. Forget Christmas, the next day for her family was not looking hopeful.…
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Real Peace

My most memorable childhood Christmas’ was on the mission field in Congo. Our family of seven kids had recently settled in our dilapidated house, the best in the area. Although doors were finally hinged and pillowcase curtains covered windows, cracks in the foundation and gaping holes in the ceiling often…
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Peace Is A Dynamic Harmony

Peace isn’t just a ceasefire or a moratorium from conflict—political or relational. It’s not just a tenuous armistice between opposing factions, uncertain and fragile. When people argue, we can’t say that there’s peace if they stop communicating in order not to fight. Parents don’t want their kids to just not…
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