Last night, a car drove through a holiday parade in Waukesha. As I write this, five people have died and over 40 are injured. Many are children. Once again, we are called to lament and grieve together. Let us pray....
Tag: violence
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A Ten-Year Window (Guatemala)
Can we imagine the greatest national unifying factor being violence and corruption?
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Juanita: A Migration, Deportation, and Displacement Story (El Salvador)
Detention, death, displacement
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Employment and Extortion (El Salvador)
Virtually no one reading this will ever have these experiences in their life. Even hearing these stories from the people who have lived them, I can’t even come close to understanding the fear and trauma of what they have experienced.
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When High School Graduation is the Most Dangerous Time (El Salvador)
What if high school graduation was the most dangerous time for your child?
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Praying for Peace
Pray that Jerusalem has peace: “Let those who love you have rest. Let there be peace on your walls; let there be rest on your fortifications.” For the sake of my family and friends, I say,...
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What if?
What if we had the courage to stand up to hate? What if we said, “No!” to the false narrative that says this is normal? What if we could learn to choose love?
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When There Aren’t Any Answers
The freedom we have as people of God is to not live in fear. Like Job, we have the freedom to rail against God for the things that are not our fault and we don’t understand. And in this freedom,...
