There’s a reason I sponsor a child through Compassion International--Compassion changes lives. Richmond is one of them. His story is shared in short below, but you have to view the video to watch him share the story himself. If you think sending money each month to release someone in poverty doesn’t work, Richmond’s experience will…

In June 2009, I traveled to Titanyen, Haiti, for a week of missionary activity with Mission of Hope, my second journey to the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. On our last morning, we began the trip back to the Port-au-Prince airport in the back of a delivery truck, similar to the affectionately called “tap…

My friends at Bread for the World have recently launched a great online initiative to help encourage members of Congress to protect food programs for the poor. Please read and support this effort. Yes, our nation needs to make some budget cuts, but not in this area. Thanks, Dillon +++ OVERVIEW As so many are…

Inspirational quotes from the New Testament as we celebrate our nation’s freedom: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Corinthians 3:17 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. -Galatians 5:1 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But…

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