Coronavirus around the world: Middle East
Note: This is the third in a four-part series about how the coronavirus is affecting people around the globe. You can read about the effects of the pandemic in Africa here and in Latin America here, and check back soon on our blog to read the final post about Asia. ...
Love your neighbor … around the world
Walk into any grocery store and you’ll see them: Chocolates and heart-shaped candies lining the shelves. Roses sold by the dozen. Red and pink greeting cards with lovely sentiments. These all point to one special occasion — Valentine’s Day. Perhaps your kids are...
Life through the eyes of a child refugee
The terror comes to Amani in flashes. She remembers rockets shrieking overhead as her family fled their home in Syria. She can still hear the bellowing booms of shells exploding and destroying the homes and buildings in her old neighborhood. Even six years later, the...
Putting Matthew 25 into action on the Syrian border
Every time I travel to the refugee camps on the Syrian border, I think about the words of Jesus. I think about how, time and time again, He commanded us to love others and care for the least of these. Who are the least of these? They are anyone who needs our help....
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.