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Articles by: Crystal Rowe

because He came, we have peace [@bibledude advent series]

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READ Psalm 29 Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness. The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, [...]
there is hope [remembering #WorldAIDSDay]

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There are about 34 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. Over half are women. More than 60% of those 34 million people have no idea they are living with the disease. Every hour, 205 people die from HIV/AIDS. 14% of those are children. 16.6 children have become orphaned because their [...]
how your shopping can help stop #humantrafficking

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As Thanksgiving approaches, I’ve been spending some time reflecting on just how fortunate I am to live the life I live. I have a roof over my head, plenty of food to eat, a new baby on the way, and friends and family that love me more than I could [...]
book review: deliver me from evil

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Ever since I was a little girl, I would stay up late reading. Fiction was always my favorite. As I read the words on the page, I slowly left the world I was living in and become a part of the story I was reading. The characters became real to [...]
freeing the captives [guest post from kathi macias]

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We are thrilled to feature a guest posting from Kathi Macias today. Kathi is the author of Deliver Me From Evil, the first book in the Freedom Series. The series uses fictional stories to expose the truth about modern day slavery and human trafficking, both domestically and internationally. The term [...]
[reasons they leave #4] the church is judgemental regarding sexuality

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Is leaving the church the same thing as leaving God? Just days ago, I received this text message from a teenager struggling with finding Christian community. God is important to her. She’s a young woman with faith much stronger than many adults. And yet she still wonders how the church [...]
movie review: the whistleblower [#humantrafficking]

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Kathryn Bolkovac. It’s a name I never heard until I watched The Whistleblower. Now that I know who she is, I want to tell the world about her. She was just a normal woman. A police officer in Nebraska. Living a broken life. Trying her best to get it back [...]
there’s still work to do [thoughts on the 2011 TIP and #humantrafficking]

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Back in June, the U.S. government released it’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. This report ranks 184 countries based on the work they are doing to combat human trafficking. The purpose of this report is not to point fingers and place blame. Instead, it’s meant to be a diplomacy [...]
in our backyard [an interview with @nitabelles on #humantrafficking]

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That doesn’t happen here does it? Isn’t that mostly overseas? Recently I heard those questions as I was telling someone about my passion for helping victims of human trafficking. As I explained my desire to get more involved, they couldn’t believe I would be able to do anything without picking [...]
protecting the least of these [a series on #humantrafficking]

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Eleven years ago the United States government enacted one of the largest, most important, pieces of human-rights legislation in U.S. history. Known as the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), it was the first federal law that sought to comprehensively address human trafficking and modern-day slavery. It not only targeted the [...]
storydwelling [artist interview]

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We all love a good story, don’t we? I can remember sitting on my grandma’s lap as a very young child, listening to the words and looking at the pictures as she read me story after story. As an older child, I would frequently say, “Mommie, tell me a story.” [...]