(This question dogged me all during Lent: Have the people who govern us become ash-like–the life-stealing residue of destructive forces being unleashed on us each day? Today’s entry summarizes one set of answers to my own question…) The fires that live inside of some of our political leaders are creating conflagrations that are slowly destroying much of what we have taken for grantedMORE...
Increasing portions of the world’s population are today living in ash-infused rubble. Forest fires, wars and natural calamities have consumed their homes, their possessions, their occupations and their health. The ashes remind them how futile life may be—how long it will be for the debris to be removed and hopeful living to re-emerge. “Living in the ashes” might describe how people anywhere—butMORE...
BOB SITZE has filled the many years of his lifework in diverse settings around the United States. His calling has included careers as a teacher/principal, church musician, writer/author, denominational executive staff member and meat worker. Bob lives in Wheaton, IL.