My first thought, when I saw the news about the elementary school shooting in Connecticut, was, No one is safe. My second thought was this much-loved line from the Bible:
“I will fear no evil… thou art with me….”[1] Everyone needs to be able to find a comfort zone when faced with what appears to be an uncontrollable situation. In
This morning’s reports of Hurricane Irene taunted my thought. You’ve probably heard that Irene is currently a category 3 storm–the same size as Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in 2005. If
Hundreds of thousands of mothers and fathers have recently led their families on dusty roads across Somalia. They’re fighting starvation from drought, threats from armed bandits and from the Islamist
It is nearly impossible to express how one feels when you hear the news that more than 70 people, most of whom were children, were senselessly murdered in Norway. The
Her smile. I will never forget the smile of that beautiful 15-year-old Cambodian girl. She absolutely radiated love, and I felt as if I had never seen anyone more beautiful.
Monday’s tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri left much of the town destroyed. But Joplin was not the only area affected. According to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, there were
Listen to the Daily Lift version Yesterday, a massive tornado tore through Tuscaloosa, Alabama, leaving a trail of tears and devastation in its wake. A week ago, I was scheduled