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This is a great video from one of my heroes, Andrew Shearman. This came from a conversation about our dream to raise up a generation of radicals who are passionate about the poor, orphans, and laying their lives down from the gospel. But what do we really mean by that? One of the litmus tests…

Seth Barnes and I are partnering together to provide a launching point for you to find out what God has for you. If you’ve been a blog reader for a while and have a blog of your own, we are offering our two books to you completely free of charge, if you will do two…

SHASHAMANE, Ethiopia (AP) — Like so many other victims of Ethiopia’s hunger crisis, Usheto Beriso weighs just half what he should. He is always cold and swaddled in a blanket. His limbs are stick-thin. A 3-year-old Ethiopian child weighing less than 10 pounds is seen at an emergency feeding center May 9. But Usheto is…

I’ve just started working on my next novel titled, Sacred. This plot of this book is centered around the child sex-slave industry. In my research, I’ve discovered that this is a mammoth problem and that young children are sold as sex-slaves right here in our own county. This is a 43 billion dollar a year…

Today, Ethiopia is facing a food crisis that is threatening millions of people. According to this report by the BBC (article and video), the situation is worse than a similar famine in 2003. Late rains and the high cost of food are to blame. The U.N. believes that 3 million Ethiopians will need emergency food…

Well, the kids are out of school, it’s almost 80 degrees in Colorado, and we’ve already had our fist family ‘accident.’ Hayden and Gideon spent the night at some friend’s house this weekend and Hayden wrecked a dirt bike, slashing a gash in his leg to the right of his knee. As gross as it…

A terrible tragedy occurred today in the life of my friend, Steven Curtis Chapman. My heart in sharing this with you is to beg for your prayers on behalf of his entire family, I’m weeping for them right now. None of us could ever imaging going through something like this. I was with Steven in…

Ethiopia is a beautiful country with a rich history.  It’s the land of the Queen of Sheba.  It is also a place filled with need.  Nearly half of Ethiopia’s 78 million people live in absolute poverty.  The life expectancy is only 50 years and half of the people are illiterate.  HIV/AIDS is wreaking havoc on…

After 10 days, a massive spike in deaths will occur if aid does not reach the people in Myanmar suffering from the after-math of the storm. Cholera outbreaks are already being reported. This site has up-to-date videos on the crisis. Relief Flight Reaches Myanmar State TV Reports Cyclone Has Caused 28,458 Deaths YANGON, Myanmar (CBS)…
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