After a chance NGO presentation in 2023, Alex Lang got pulled into the work of Novi, which helps children process war trauma through specialized games, and Love that Heals, run by psychologist Valeriia Martyniuk for disabled youth who would otherwise be institutionalized. Lang raised nearly $37,000 for a house, then travelled to Chernivtsi and Kyiv, surviving a missile strike, to film two documentaries and meet the families Novi supports. Here is what he witnessed, and how yo

Over the last few months, I have participated in protests with my pastoral colleagues at the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois. I have joined them because I believe strongly that the actions of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) have crossed a line between enforcing laws and committing sanctioned civil rights violations. The sacrifice of civil liberties constitutes a critical yield point in our democracy.

Every year, I choose a word that I believe will define the coming year. This year's word is patience.

With the refugee crisis in Gaza escalating, I wanted to share a short fiction story I wrote in 2016 called City of Thorns.