(All light text is a link to articles that prove the sentence) I have a number of friends who are activists for various causes. And I love the causes. We are in a water crisis when corporations sell water back to those in drought. Black men are being attacked by...

There are some common words that are used for the work of the Spirit—salvation, deliverance, grace, mercy, forgiveness. They all have a common basis, that the one receiving the work of the Spirit has a desperate need. They are in crisis, they are imprisoned, they are beyond their own help,...

A meal, a hot drink…….. I am standing in line at McDonald’s. There is a young guy counting out dimes nickles and pennies for one of those dollar burgers and he is 12 cents short. For the lack of 12 cents he was going to go hungry. Plop, a dollar...

I’ve got some severe chronic stress in my life, and it will take a long time to recover from it. It’s good that I know about it, and good that I’m working on bringing balance in my life. Even with the balance, however, it will still take a long time,...

The last two months at Anawim have been huge. I’m going to try to summarize what’s going on. For years the Anawim board has been concerned what would happen if Steve (me) would no longer be capable of leading the ministry. Everything depended on me, connections, finances, supply lines, peacemaking,...

Father, this day as I rise, let me put on the love of Jesus. I put on compassion. I put on patience. I put on gentleness I put on a listening that heals. I put on rejoicing in others. I put on forgiveness. I put on healing the sick. I...