I read a post the other day, describing a statement from a man who aged out of foster care, and spoke at the 2013 CAFO Summit, mentioned by Stacey Jackson Gagnon from Ranson Israel. Here is his quote… “When I grew up in the orphanage it was Christians who came and built nicer buildings. Christians who […]

The world is filled with religious people. We see them; knees on mats, burning incense, sitting in their yoga positions, trying to relax away their negative energy. But religion doesn’t stop there: Education, money, business, good works, all vy for positons of being their own gods. Just watch any sporting event, and tell me the people […]

Thirty seconds. That’s all it took. Turning down by a smaller town nearby me. The first car had vapor, billowing from its windows. Like a chimney on fire, the driver pulls a pipe away from his mouth, from behind the steering wheel. It’s not even lunchtime. Yet, a few cars back, a lady stuffs what appears […]

It was as if the river spoke, that first time as a child my eyes locked on the sun glowing across the surface of that deep green shimmering water. I could hear something I didn’t recognize, in the city I lived in. Here, where trees swayed, the land ached, the earth called… The waters seemed to […]

“You know what I notice Mama? The bigger someones house is, the more wine they drink.” This out-of-the-blew, shocking statement, came from my eleven-year-old, on the way to her home-school, school. I hadn’t planned for some deep theological conversation. But, flying out of country soon, I knew to savor each second with this beautiful girl who […]

“This is the fraud department, wanting to confirm some recent activity on your account.” The exct words you don’t want to hear late at night, after dropping your daughter off at youth group. I ignored the call. Afterall, fraud is something that happens to other people….isn’t it? Not me. But again, a few minutes later…“ This […]