We are all feeling the impact of increasing gas prices, which have climbed 27% since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. It feels massively insensitive to complain about gas prices when thousands of lives have been lost. But I’ve come to realize that soaring gas prices have a sinister hidden impact that...
In 1940, Germany’s army was aggressively advancing across Europe. As nations surrendered, a group of Allied soldiers was pushed back to the French seaport of Dunkirk. Over 400,000 soldiers were trapped between the advancing German Army and the English Channel. Because of the shallow waters, large warships could not approach the beach to rescue...
Last week, I stood to sing with the rest of my congregation on a Sunday morning. The music was beautiful and the atmosphere vibrant. But on this particular morning, my mind traveled to churches in Ukraine and their Sunday morning experience. The nation is under attack, but the Church is not retreating. I thought...