Lent is right around the corner, and this year I want to do more than simply give up wine or sweets or facebook. Something Pope Francis said in his recent message for Lent struck me in a new way: “… wherever we go, we are called as Christians to proclaim the liberating news that forgiveness […]
HOW DO WE USE OUR FREEDOM? – PHILIPPIANS REFLECTED IN THE PHILIPPINES; TWO LETTERS FROM JAIL
A dear family friend is being held captive in the Philippines, in jail on very serious, trumped-up charges with no end in sight for his release. I thought of him this morning as I read Philippians–which came alive to me in a new way. Funny how circumstances can shine light on something you’ve read many […]
WHEN NEEDS OVERWHELM
In the mid-60s, my parents packed up their small family and moved us to Hong Kong, where my Dad helped to start a missions hospital. Refugees had flooded into Hong Kong after the civil war in mainland China and the needs were great. At five years old I knew little of refugees or hospitals. But […]
FINDING THE KING IN A CATTLE SHED
“And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night…. And the angel said to them, ‘Be not afraid…; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you […]
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