By Grayson Hester Lucien, better known by his church community as Dyak (“deacon” in Haitian Creole) has witnessed enormous change in the three years since his story was featured on the CBFblog. For one, Lucien’s home of Haiti has endured crisis after crisis in the last year alone—from the assassination of its president, Jovenel Moïse, … Continue reading
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That’s enough!
By Nell Green I cannot imagine what it must be like to be in the middle of a horror such as the one unfolding in Ukraine daily. If you are like me, you find it hard to listen to the news reports each day. Yet, I am compelled to do so. I do not want … Continue reading
Becoming a Heart Donor
I had just flown back to Atlanta from Washington DC and was glad to be back home. My wife welcomed me back and said, “Great! Let’s go to a concert!” I was not overly excited about driving off to a concert on a cold wintry night in heavy Atlanta traffic. In fact I was feeling … Continue reading
Is Jesus leaning over your checkbook?
“The fact is, any of us in this room who earns more than $3 a day is wealthier than almost half the people who live on the earth. Over 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day. So with regard to this struggling economy, many of us are anxious here. Very few of us are … Continue reading