Category Responding to the Refugee Crisis

Please take a close look at this photo. What do you see?   Did you notice the boy sitting to the left, busying himself in the midst of what seems like a catastrophe? Death appears to be lurking all around…

Sometimes in life, events that should elicit great joy and happiness provoke tears too. Not tears of joy, but tears that flow from real pain. It is when the soul feels ambushed, scorched and squeezed by some regret, which springs…

The quality of our hope cannot be aptly evaluated in the absence of grave difficulties and much suffering; but when life’s unexpected challenges meet the resilience of spirit in mere mortals, there’s no limiting the resultant outcomes. I have some…

Naturally, most parents who’ve experienced much hardship in life with or without a success story tend to strive more for their children’s welfare, hoping the best for them. Some tend to counsel and lead from a more resolute and deeper…

In June 2005, multitudes of refugees from Southern Sudan were returning from neighboring countries and beyond, when I made my first missions trip there. The over 20years civil war ended in January. The wretchedness of these returnees was shocking. Many…

Assorted pictorials, carvings and sculptures depicting the baby Messiah and the humble manger scenes are decors presently adorning many places this season. The nativity narrative, rich in mystery and meaning, continues to inspire believers from year to year, with its…

Christmas is here and the frenzy has caught on. In most parts of the world this season, you can see, hear and feel the change, the fun, the chaos and the panic too. This undoubtedly is the happiest season of…