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I am So Tired of Haiti
You felt it, didn’t you? When meteorologists began predicting the size and path of Hurricane Matthew and we could all see Haiti was going to take a devastating hit. I felt so weary. I knew without any doubt that I could not care about this tragedy or feel it as much as I did the …[ read more ]
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What Possesses a Person to Do Such a Thing?
Imagine you’ve been trapped, held captive, mistreated, brutalized, hated, oppressed by people with no regard for life. Then, God releases you! You fly away. Set free, inhaling great gulps of intoxicating liberty. Your dreams realized prayers answered a future, at last, beyond the chains of those who once controlled you. But God isn’t finished. The …[ read more ]
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A Parable of Haiti, The American Church, and the Scandal of Responding to Those In Need
Today’s parable: A group of American Christians come upon a great pile of rubble. From beneath the rubble, they hear the cries and screams of a poor Haitian church that has been buried by the earthquake. “Help us!” They cry. “We have been here so long without help! Help us!” “Of course,” cry the American …[ read more ]
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The Kingdom of God is Like CC’s Story
My friend, Clernise (or CC as we call her), was born in Haiti. She grew up in an orphanage and then survived on her own in Haiti with only the Lord’s help for many years. Her constant prayer to God was that He deliver her from Haiti and get her to America. My friend, Joe, …[ read more ]