Maybe both. The words would not come. Not yet. A nurse came and gave me something for pain. My body was starting to register the…
I felt like I was inside an oven surrounded by flames, but somehow not burning, just suffering the heat without end. And everywhere in every…

My name is Abdel. For 12 years, I made weapons designed to kill people. I mixed chemicals that would tear bodies apart. I assembled devices…
When you accept his sacrifice, all of it is washed clean. The students you taught are responsible for their own choices. But now you can…
a family in Iraq who had all come to Christ together. ISIS fighters found out. They gave the family a choice. Deny Jesus or die.…
I walked it through the streets of Gaza toward Alshifa Hospital. The city looked different to me now. I saw people rushing about their daily…
The moment his hand made contact, everything changed. The pain stopped. The guilt lifted. The darkness vanished. I was surrounded by light and love and…
Metal tubes, wirings, circuit boards, containers of chemicals that had to be measured exactly. We worked carefully and methodically. This was not something you rushed.…
Then he sat down on the floor across from us. The burned cross stood behind him like a dark shadow. When I was young, he…

Five of us walked into a church to burn the cross during communion, certain we were defending God. But why did two of us suddenly…


