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Christmas songs. They are everywhere you go this week. Fun or profound, sacred or secular, Christmas music will ring throughout our land this week. Hiding in plain sight, the words of those songs define what we believe about Christ, his birth, and his purpose. I wanted to bring you some of the lesser-known verses of…

One of the Christmas legends I grew up with that I hear no more and fear is being lost is the story of how the Nightingale learned to sing. Here is how I remember it:   Deep inside the cave where Jesus was born there was a little nest on the ground made of leaves…

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” – Proverbs 13:12 This verse always brings orphans to my mind. If there are any people in the world who have “deferred hope” it is those who have lost their parents at the time they need them most. And that…

There is a famous verse in the Bible that says (my paraphrase), “I stand at the door and knock. Whoever opens the door I will come in and dine with them.” It is a metaphor for Jesus knocking at the door of your heart, waiting for it to be opened to his love. As you…

This week, HopeChest crossed the halfway point in raising funds for Change Their Story. Now, more than $27,000 has been contributed to protect and support children.

Phyllis Tickle wrote a book called, The Great Emergence – How Christianity is Changing and Why that we read for my doctoral course. I think Phyllis is an incredible brilliant and talented woman. All that to say, I don’t agree with her on every point in the book, but she makes some great points.  Her main thesis is…

Yesterday, I told the story of how NY Times reporter, Nicholas Kristof, had a personal encounter with under age girls who had been trafficked. He had the opportunity to buy their freedom. Would he do it? In his words: “The first purchase, of Srey Neth, went smoothly. I woke up her brothel’s owner at dawn, handed over…

Every year we send hundreds of volunteers across land and ocean to visit their sponsored children. Many of the kids ask why. Why would someone fly all the way from America just to visit me? I think that’s a picture of Advent in some ways. God visited us. Why would He give up heaven and…

Orphans walk an uncertain path toward adulthood. They live without the basic protection of a family. Add to that the lack of food, the dirty water, the constant fear of abuse and manipulation. The orphan’s path is one that is lonely and dark. As Christ brought light into the world through his advent and the…

A man or woman can walk into many countries a pay to free a young girl, many times a minor, from the horrific life of being a sex slave. How much you ask? It depends. It could be, $50, $150, maybe $500.  That boggles my mind. You mean I could pay $100 for a girl’s…
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