Category: Least of These
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Finding God in the Unexpected
A devout and sincere woman lived in a small village where she daily prayed, read the Scriptures, and longed to know more about the God. One night, falling into a deep sleep, she had a heavenly dream. In the dream God came to her and said, “My child, I will visit you tomorrow. Be ready […]
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We Are Not What We Once Were
On Sunday, October 29, 1876, a young flame-haired minister took to the pulpit of a small church in West London to preach his first sermon. His text was Psalm 119, and his title: “I Am A Stranger On The Earth.” That boyish preacher was Vincent Van Gogh. Preaching was the family business. Vincent’s father, grandfather, […]
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The “Chatarrería”
Many years ago I found myself standing in a San Salvadoran “chatarrería,” a junkyard. I was flanked by the now late Michael Bonderer, a nicotine-addicted, four-letter-word-dropping, endless-coffee-drinking, recovering-alcoholic who had stumbled his way into leading a faith-based NGO, putting roofs over the heads of Central America’s poor. This chatarrería had been abandoned by the city, […]