Two months with almost no food
It’s not unusual for a baby to cry, but at two months old, little Mariela Lopez never stopped. She cried from the suffocating heat when the blazing Guatemalan sun beat down on the roof of her family’s mud house. She cried from exhaustion, unable to sleep through the...
While Olympians fight to win, Christians fight to survive
The athletes competing in this month’s Winter Olympics have fought most of their lives for this opportunity. They’ve trained daily … driven themselves to the breaking point … experienced painful injuries. Most have been preparing for this moment for years, practicing...
The Bible — A lifeline for North Korean believers
Christians in North Korea know that getting caught with a Bible has dire consequences. They will be sent to a labor camp where the suffering and torture is unimaginable. In fact, many won’t make it out alive. But despite the danger, they continue to beg for more...
Important: New Christ-followers in Cuba!
I had been looking forward to my trip to Cuba for months. Over the past several years, the island nation has experienced incredible social and political change. And in the middle of that change, a rapidly growing and thriving network of local churches had emerged. But...
You can restore hope for refugees this Christmas
We don’t know all the details about the first Christmas. We don’t know what the manger looked like or how cold it was that night. But we do know that Joseph and a very pregnant Mary found themselves alone in a new city with nowhere to take shelter. Were they afraid?...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.