A Few Things I've Read Recently... Pray for our Christians brothers and sisters in Iraq, and the Middle East: Irag's Imperiled Christians. Over the years I've learned a lot about human trafficking and I volunteer with a local group that is working against it here in my hometown. On that note, I truly appreciate what Jamie,…
Continue reading ➞ Persecuted Christians and Other Things That Sadden Me (Recent Reads)
Rachel Loyd's fantastic book, Girls Like Us, interweaves her story as a survivor of sexual abuse with stories of girls she works with in New York City through her organization GEMS (Girls Education and Mentoring Services). What is happening to girls in our world right now is heart-breaking and I am thankful for those like…
Continue reading ➞ Another Book that Broke My Heart: Girls Like Us by Rachel Loyd
I absolutely cherish my 15 month old daughter Junia. She has become my obsession. As I play with her during the day or pray with her before bedtime I often find myself imagining what kind of person she will be when she is older. Maybe she'll be a teacher. Or perhaps she'll want to be…
Continue reading ➞ Porn is Everywhere and it is a Gateway Drug
This is the debate going on in the New York Times "Room for Debate" It is easy to assume that legalizing prostitution, with the regulation that would then go with it, would make it safer for some of the women. This is the case argued by a few of the participants. Yet I have difficulty…
The story of the Secret Service advance team, preparing for President Obama's visit to Colombia, continues to be headline news. Eleven members have had their security clearance revoked following the allegations that they brought prostitutes into their hotel in Colombia. What is scary is that this sort of thing happens every day in country after…
Continue reading ➞ The Secret Service Scandal and Sex Tourism
David Hershey 