Did you know that June 20 is World Refugee Day? Today, we remember the more than 32.5 million people around the world who are living as refugees outside of their country as well as the 53.2 million more who are internally displaced within their own nations....
Ring … ring. Our partner along the Syrian border picked up the phone. He had been receiving so many phone calls lately, calls from refugees who were out of work because of the pandemic and were asking for food. This time it was an older woman on the other end of the...
In the “Wizard of Oz,” young Dorothy is stranded in a land far from her home in Kansas. Over the course of the story, she realizes how wonderful her home is, and she longs desperately to return. In the end, all she has to do is click together the heels of her magical,...
Right now, families around the world are running for their lives. Right now, people are leaving behind careers, homes, and loved ones just to survive. Right now, children are sitting in crowded camps wondering when they will eat again. We are facing the greatest...
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ — Luke 10:29 (NIV) This is the question that prompts Jesus to tell the parable of the Good Samaritan. In the parable, Jesus delivers a clear message: It isn’t about who is or who isn’t your...