From the Blog

The decision by NATO and the U.S. to send battle tanks to Ukraine for the first time is a huge boost to the military. But for the millions of refugees who are shivering and starving, it is little comfort. The scope of the humanitarian disaster in Ukraine is beyond...

This week, Russia's former president, Dmitry Medvedev issued a stark warning: "Nuclear powers have never lost major conflicts on which their fate depends." As nations in the West provide Ukraine with more advanced weaponry to defend their country, the Russian...

Not long before my father died, told me that he had dreamed he held some black stones in his hand. His grandfather had given them to his father who then gave them to him. When he tried to pass them along to me, they became white stones in my hand. He wanted to know...

What was your first memory of your father? My father was away from home a lot, and when home he was all too often in a drunken rage. When I was a small child, we moved into the Projects, Duggan Park, at Paige Boulevard and Godwin Street in Indian Orchard,...

For most of us, the name Bethlehem immediately summons images of a manger and shepherds and a star shining brightly in the night sky, guiding visitors from far away eastern lands. Many hear the words Phillips Brooks, rector of the Holy Trinity Church in Philadelphia...

I'm pretty sure you've never had an air siren go off at a Christmas party...but Michael did as he finished up blessing 1,000 Ukrainian children with food, toys, and gifts to help them have a merry Christmas despite all that is going on. He was very close to the front...

76 missiles landed last night in the city of Kharkiv; the entire city is dark with no power. This is where Michael will hold the Christmas party this weekend for 1,000 children in a massive bomb shelter underground. Michael has gone to Ukraine by faith. He said to me,...

“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear...

This week, in the midst of winter cold, more than 500 Ukrainian towns and villages were without power. This is the result of deliberate and continued Russian attacks on the power grid. The hardest hit region is around Kharkiv, one of the places Michael will be going...

The war in Ukraine has been going on for forty weeks now, and the human toll is staggering. Millions of people have been driven from their homes. Millions are living as refugees without reliable electricity and water. As you read this, people in Ukraine are melting...