Friday, March 31, 2023

Human trafficking: Did you know?

Every year, human traffickers generate billions of dollars in profits by victimizing millions of people around the world and here in the United States....

When power dynamics impact relationships

Power does funny things to relationships. It changes the dynamics of how relationships form and grow and become. When I met my first friend in...

On the road to recovery

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I will never forget the first time I shared in an accountability group for pornography addiction. I was ashamed and nervous, had a dash...

On the Border

Fourteen people—nine men and five women, all from Mexico—stand shoulder to shoulder in front of a judge in federal court in Brownsville, Texas, on...

We are God’s ambassadors for justice

It was less than a decade ago that I sat across the table from Debra. She was a mother but not an ideal one....

Learning from the “Dones” and “Nones”

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In the early 2000s, Adam was the star quarterback at his local high school. That notoriety—combined with using his older brother’s ID to purchase...

Talking technology

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Rick Bartlett, Tabor College director of theological education and assistant professor of ministry; Dave Buller, associate pastor at North Oak Community Church in Hays,...

Caring for God’s creation

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Earlier this winter over coffee at Wendy’s in Hillsboro, Kansas, I fielded a question from one of the Ebenfeld MB Church farmers crowded around...