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Evangelicals and The Refugee Crisis and The Generous College Students
I was surprised and a little shocked recently when I read in a letter from a friend who was visiting in the Middle East – “More than once I was asked, ‘Why are American evangelicals absent and silent in this crisis?’ How would you have answered that question?” Really?? I knew the involvement of one of our grandchildren – then googled “Evangelicals and the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East” to find plenty of information to answer the question. During January 2-4, 2106 at Passion thousands of college students gathered. They were challenged to live for Christ with all out commitment. They were also challenged to give financially. The picture…
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One Step to Stop Child Trafficking
Human trafficking is a problem that is hard to face. When I think about it, I feel so overwhelmed and incapable of doing anything to help. Lately, the truth and tragedy of child trafficking has been creeping into my awareness through speakers, blogs, etc. Did you know that each year nearly 2 milion children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade (stat from UNICEF via IJM) ? How can we not be talking about this and trying to do something? The question is what can we do? One answer is to sponsor children through organizations like Compassion and World Vision. This did not seem the most direct answer at first to…
