Not many children will be asking for a toilet this Christmas. That’s not something you’d expect to see sticking out of Santa’s red sack. Not many of us can imagine sending our children to school that doesn’t have any toilets, either. Yet many...
A few weeks ago, Rev. Henry Peabody revisited the Buduburam Refugee Camp, located twenty-seven miles west of Accra, Ghana, where he spent several years of his life over 30 years ago. Henry was one of the hundreds of thousands of Liberian refugees displaced by a...
When my wife and I were raising our two sons, we noticed the oldest was struggling with anxiety issues. We took him to a psychologist, and after a couple of sessions, she said, “Don’t bring him back. You are wasting your money. I can’t get him to talk to me.” My...
When I was a child/adolescent, I was diagnosed with a “nervous stomach.” Fifty years ago, I don’t know how much my doctor knew about the correlation between anxiety and the body. My doctor never used the word “anxiety” to describe my condition, nor was I ever offered...
Not long ago I played a matching card game with my five-year-old granddaughter. I took half the deck of cards and arranged them on the table and we turned them over two at a time. The goal was to find a match: two kings, two sevens, or two aces. You get the idea. It’s...
I work in a hospital. As a chaplain, I am in a unique position to see people of all ages who struggle with their health. I also see much more. I see people who struggle with relationships, finances, self-esteem, self-love, direction, and discipline to take care of...
