As we enter the 250th year of this country’s birth, you are likely familiar with these words in the founding document, the Declaration of Independence, penned by Thomas Jefferson. “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among
Hope is knowing that our past mistakes are not the bars of a future prison. Hope provides context to endure hardship. But hope without God in Christ is a threadbare blanket in a winter-world. Hope is the warmth of the light of God’s Son. God’s people through CompassCare are providing the hope of Christ to thousands of women facing the frigidity of
Jesus was born into a world so inhospitable that an innkeeper relegated His laboring mother to give birth amongst animals. Children were so disposable the earthly king ordered the mass killing of infant boys around Bethlehem in an attempt to secure his political power against the threat of a foretold newborn King. For women facing
She found out she was pregnant. It wasn’t planned. She was engaged. He was building his trade. What would her family say? Would they be shunned by their community? He wanted to break up with her…put her away because of the shame. But he was encouraged to support her. They had no health care, were
