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Helping Families of Veterans
By
Dillon Burroughs
Goodwill Industries President Jim Gibbons is on a mission to help America’s military veterans. How? By helping their families. In a recent article, he notes: At Goodwill Industries, we raise money by selling donated items in more than 2,500 retail stores and online, and we use the revenue to fund job training and placement programs,…
A 9/11 Prayer
By
Dillon Burroughs
Today marks eleven years since the tragic events of 9/11/01. What does this day mean to you? To many, it is a day of mourning, a day to remember the loss of loved ones. For others, it marked the beginning of many unfolding events that led to friends and family serving in far away nations…
Back or Forward?
By
Dillon Burroughs
“We need to take our country back.” “We need to get back to a time when . . . .” These are refrains you often hear from well-meaning Christians. I’ve actually said them myself. But there are a few problems with this kind of language. It may convey something we don’t intend. When conservative Christians…
Jesus Lived in Occupied Territory
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Dillon Burroughs
Jesus lived in occupied territory. His mother, Mary, grew up in Nazareth, a small village that included a Roman bathhouse used by occupying forces. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, also occupied by Romans. He was dedicated at the Temple in Jerusalem, again, under foreign control. He grew up in Egypt, then part of the Roman…
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