Giving Like a Child
By Elrena Evans Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,...
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Child Welfare and the Opioid Epidemic
Are recent increases in child welfare cases related to the opioid epidemic? More than a decade of sustained declines in child protective services maltreatment reports, substantiated reports, and foster care placements started reversing course...
What Is the Church?
By Kaitlin B. Curtice The Early Church You think because you understand “one” you must understand “two,” because one and one make two. But you must also understand “and.” —Sufi saying In our early...
The Time Is Now: End the Separation of Families
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, June 19th, ESA’s Executive Director Nikki Toyama-Szeto participated in an event outside Customs and Border Protection in support of #NotWithoutMyChild. Here are her thoughts immediately following that event....
Washing Feet
By Elrena Evans Jesus knew that the Father had given him complete power; he knew that he had come from God and was going to God. So he rose from the table, took off...
Jesus Was No Stranger to the Least of These
By Molly Lorden Jesus spent three years with his disciples, ministering to people, healing the sick, spending time in fellowship with sinners, and preaching the good news. In the last two weeks before his...
Help Children With Special Needs Feel Welcome at Your Holiday Party
By Gillian Marchenko The holiday season typically means people get more of everything; more food, more gift giving, more parties and visits. For families who have children with special needs, the holidays usually mean more challenges...
Teaching our Children to Love in a Divisive Culture
By Nicole T. Walters The day before my daughter started kindergarten we drove as a family to a silent school, where nearly one thousand students would enter the next day. We walked around the...
I See You
By Elrena Evans The week school began this year, I was chatting with one of the therapists at my son’s elementary school. She asked who his teacher was for second grade, and when I...
Heroes or Neighbors?
by Aimee Fritz “So what does this have to do with refugees?” I asked my kids at breakfast. “I don’t know. Maybe the naked part?” my son offered. “He’s naked? That’s what ‘stripped him...
