When saying our bedtime prayers, I pray for the children who sleep on cots in old WAL-MART big box stores. According to this news article, thousands of children are literally being warehoused. This is not a metaphor or an exaggeration. The place designed to store plastic products made in China is where children are forcedContinue reading “Bedtime Stories”
Author Archives: Sarah Griffith Lund
Getting Saved: It’s Not What You Think
We saved a person last Thursday night at church and it’s not what you think. After the tears stopped rolling down their cheeks, they said, “thank you for saving me.” This person was at church for a program and was feeling suicidal. They left the program in the church basement and sat upstairs alone inContinue reading “Getting Saved: It’s Not What You Think”
Suicide Culture Shock
In a new report out this June, the Center for Disease Control says that suicide rates have increased in almost every state. In 2016, nearly 45,000 people died by suicide, making it one of the top ten causes of death in the USA. With the high profile deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain withinContinue reading “Suicide Culture Shock”
