Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? – Luke 15:4 (NIV) Fathers are everyday superheroes. It’s impossible to overstate a father’s love...
This isn’t the first time Olga and her son fled from conflict. They used to live in a small Ukrainian town bordering Russia. And in 2014, they moved to Mariupol because of the fighting. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Olga thought that it would be...
When Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Victor decided to wait out the war at home. His wife had died just a few years before, and he didn’t want to leave the home they had shared. But as you can imagine, living in an active warzone is terrifying....
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” – Proverbs 31:8-9 It’s been almost a year since Russia launched a violent invasion of Ukraine....
News outlets and social media platforms may be shifting their attention away from the invasion of Ukraine, but I can’t. Ever since my recent trips to Eastern Europe, the conversations I had with refugees pouring out of Ukraine have been playing on repeat in my mind. I...