The Transformative Power of Mentorship Mentors are essential in our lives, serving as wise and trusted counselors, teachers, coaches, or guides. They are ones who are further along in life's journey and have gained wisdom from what they have experienced. Many faith heroes had people who influenced the course of their lives by challenging their understanding of God and what it is to truly follow Him. During the 17th and 18th Centuries the Transatlantic Slave Trade was a boomin

In May of 1940, the Netherlands was invaded and occupied by Hitler’s forces during WWII. Jews were arrested and deported to extermination camps located throughout Germany. Active resistance against the occupation was carried out by a small minority of the population, which grew larger as the war continued. Ordinary but courageous civilians joined what was known as the Dutch Underground and were instrumental in helping Jews escape to freedom. However, many paid with their live

The conditions in Newgate, London’s most infamous prison, during the early 1800’s would make anyone cringe. The women’s portion was the most disgusting. Prison reformer, John Howard, took one look at the rat-infested ward with its brawling, drunken, filthy women and their children, and wrote them off as beyond hope, even for God. However, when a middle-aged mother of eleven, by the name of Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), visited the prison after being told babies were being born i

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I was standing in the chapel at my local correctional center, panicking quietly. As I was holding hands with the two inmates next to me,...

The other day my daughter, a single mom of three boys, was discouraged about something she was trying to trust God for during the...

The other day I was discouraged. Who hasn't been at some time or another? I needed encouragement. Thankfully the Lord sent someone with...