Jun 7, 2021 | Devotions
Sojourner Truth, whose birth name was Isabella Baumfree, was born a slave in 1797 in Esopus, New York. Though nearly all of her children were sold as slaves, she escaped to freedom in 1826 with one daughter and lived with a family who paid the money for her freedom....Jun 6, 2021 | Devotions
Inside my parents’ old photo album is a picture of a young boy. He has a round face, freckles, and straight light-blond hair. He loves cartoons, hates avocado, and owns just one record, by Abba. Also inside that album are pictures of a teenager. His face is...Jun 5, 2021 | Devotions
Xochitl E. Dixon Suggested Reading: Romans 12:9–13 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 Rogelio served as our waiter during our weeklong vacation. During one conversation, he credited Jesus for...Jun 4, 2021 | Devotions
In 1983, three teens were arrested for the murder of a fourteen-year-old. According to news reports, the younger teen was “shot . . . because of his [athletic] jacket.” Sentenced to life in prison, the three spent thirty-six years behind bars before...Jun 3, 2021 | Devotions
I dropped to my knees and let my tears fall to the floor. “God, why aren’t you taking care of me?” I cried. It was during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. I’d been laid-off for almost a month, and something had gone wrong with my unemployment...Jun 2, 2021 | Devotions
I came to learn about Catherine Hamlin, a remarkable Australian surgeon, through reading her obituary. In Ethiopia, Catherine and her husband established the world’s only hospital dedicated to curing women from the devastating physical and emotional trauma of...