“I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters [...]
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Are Teenagers Pushed Too Hard?
Tim has posted a thoughtful article at Black Coffee Reflections about teenagers and whether or not they are being presented with a false dream to pursue… My main problem is the “dream” that we sell our kids. As you know, it goes something like this: If you get good grades, and are balanced with music, [...]
Modern Abolitionists
One look at the International Justice Mission (IJM) web site reveals the story of 14 slaves held at a rock quarry in Bangledore, India. IJM helped gather local police and government support to raid the quarry and free those being held. These kinds of stories are happening every day, though most don’t include a rescue. [...]
Call + Response
Krista and I just got home from seeing the documentary, Call + Response. It was a powerful 90 minute presentation with a mix of music and exposé regarding the vast crisis of human slavery around the world. I’m still processing what we saw, but it was Krista’s second time seeing it, so she has already [...]
H2O
image source I took two showers yesterday. That was probably eight or nine gallons of clean, drinkable water. Just like every other day, it didn’t cross my mind to be thankful for clean, running water. I’ve had it all of my life and have never had a reason to doubt that it would be there [...]
September 11
Today is the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and The Pentagon. The frustration that a lot of people are expressing about the war in Iraq might cloud our ability for a personal remembrance today. Respects are due to those 3018 who [...]
Jason Barmer
