by Tad de Bordenave Children thrive on positive reinforcement, strokes that lift, encourage, sustain, and feed their development. After all, they are sacred to God, created in his image, and dearly loved and protected by him, their heavenly Father. This certainty establishes their identity in secure places. This article is about children who do not […]

by Tad de Bordenave We turn to another member of God’s Other Children, the hungry. In the parable of the Sheep and the Goats Jesus tells us, “I was hungry and you fed me.” These 818 million children are our brothers and sisters and they are hungry. Like the other children we look at, these children […]

by the Rev. Tad de Bordenave Christmas is nearly here. Most of your children are looking forward to stockings, maybe a pageant, and certainly toys. This article is about those children for whom all these are missing. These children are found in the Nativity narratives but are  overlooked. I will put our attention on them so we […]

by Tad de Bordenave You may not live where persecution takes place, but 260 million Christians do. They live in one of the 50 nations who carry out severe persecution. Numbers don’t have faces, but they do tell a story. Imagine what it means that every week over 150 churches in these nations are burned […]

by Tad de Bordenave The people, the influences, and the dire human conditions in Chad exist in far too many other places. By giving a close look at what holds a tight grip on hunger there, we will see the wider boundaries of this food crisis. And in all those places are found God’s other […]

by Tad de Bordenave The details of the persecution in North Korea are shrouded in secrecy. Enough stories have emerged, however, that allow an overview of the suffering Christians and their perpetrators. Many Christians escape to China and beyond, telling the listening world about the atrocities their brothers and sisters face. This article will give […]