Kimberly L. Smith
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Life May Be Like a Box of Chocolates, But Your Faith Shouldn’t Be
“Life is like a box of chocolates.” The famed line from “Forrest Gump” has become something of a mantra for our culture. Life is like a box of chocolates. You may not know what you’re getting out of it, but whether it’s filled with coconut or caramel, it’s still chocolate. As problematic as that worldview …
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6 Orphans Killed in Nuba by Islamic Bombs
Some things are so unbearably painful that they feel unspeakable. Yet we who seek to save and to serve the world’s most vulnerable unadoptable orphan must take courage, daring to see and tell what the rest of the world turns away from. Everyone in Nuba, Sudan knows that when rainy season ends, the searing sun bakes the mud into …
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Finding the Lost Parts of You in God
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. ~Jesus (John 14:18) I spend a lot of time thinking about orphan-hood. Milton and I are known for our love of the orphans through the work of Make Way Partners, but our experience of our call—our vocation—is not confined to our job. God has gifted …