The story of Jesus’ birth is a hard story. It’s a story recounting many hardships, like the long trip Mary had to take, while very pregnant in order to be counted for the Census, the unsanitary stable with animals where she had to give birth to her child and the suffering that Jesus’ birth created. [...]
I recently watched the movie “slumdog millionaire“, which is set in India and depicts well the class differences that exist in India and the essential impossibility of ‘climbing the ladder’. Whenever I think of India with its publicly recognized caste differences, I think of the United States and how we really aren’t that different. [...]
Shalom House is selling a few things to help support our work. They might make some perfect Christmas gifts for you.
Tandi has taken something she loves –making soap–and is using it as an income generator for Shalom House. You might remember a past blog post where she put out a call to help name [...]