Is anyone shocked watching the violent pictures coming out of Israel, and in the Middle East? What about other acts of violence on a daily basis closer to home – spousal or child abuse, murders, rapes. We watch on television or read daily news reports of people being killed thousands of miles away, as we […]

A group of teenagers were working on a Habitat project. By the end of a long week, they were pretty scruffy looking sitting on their duffels waiting for their parents to come and collect them. “What is this?” a passerby asked. They were exhausted, worn out, looked terrible and smelled worse. Then one of the […]