Behind Valentine’s Day

Behind Valentine’s Day

Did you know?  Valentine’s day is named after a priest who was martyred on February 14 in the year 269 AD.  During that time, Rome was at war, and the emperor, dubbed Claudius the Cruel, prohibited marriage and engagements because he felt that the people’s...
Adoption: Embracing the Story of the Gospel

Adoption: Embracing the Story of the Gospel

God’s View of Family Our concept of family used to be simple: get married, have kids, raise them up well, and you’re done. Isn’t that our typical picture? A husband, a wife, a son, a daughter, and maybe some pets in the mix? What we didn’t expect was that God had...
World Watch List 2023 Overview

World Watch List 2023 Overview

Sub-Saharan Africa faces catastrophic collapse as Islamist violence sweepsa cross region. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces a vast humanitarian catastrophe, as a wave of religiously motivated violence nurtured in Nigeria (6) has swept across the region, targeting...
God Waits With You (PART 2)

God Waits With You (PART 2)

When I was 49 years old, I started to pray, “Lord, next year I’ll be 50. Maybe there’s no one who’ll be interested in me anymore because of my age. But it’s okay, Lord, You’ve made me happy anyway.” In all those years of anxiously waiting for someone, I had been...