A New Year with New Opportunities
Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months click off another year before you know it (unless you’re in grade school and then math class never ends)! God has blessed us with a new year to serve Him by serving children. Inside this newsletter are the...
“House of Horrors”
This is the term that news media across the country are using to describe the living conditions of 13 children discovered in a suburban California home. Children were malnourished, abused, tortured, tied with ropes, and some even bound with chains and locks. The children were subject to frequent beatings and even strangulation as punishment.
He Saw a Cross!
Recently I had to run a few errands in Paducah and as I often do I took one of the children with me. These times give me an opportunity to spend time with a child and do something special with them. While we were driving we passed a business with an electronic sign...
The Best Day of My Life
Currently in the Commonwealth of Kentucky there are 8,300 children in the foster care system. Sadly, Kentucky numbers are among the highest in the nation. These children suffer from abandonment, physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect that is very...
Children in Crisis—It’s all too real
The headline read, “Mother and boyfriend charged after baby dies from burns suffered inside an oven.” It looks like something you would see standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, but this is the headline of a sad, true story reported by a Houston, TX...
Give Thanks to the Lord
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” (Ps. 118:1) Sadly, we live in a time of much ingratitude! Many people feel entitled and don’t appreciate the blessings God pours into our lives. One of the things we constantly stress with our...
From the Mouths of Babes
Have you ever had one of those experiences where you hear or read something that just rips your heart out? Over many years of ministry in churches that would occasionally happen but since I’ve been at New Pathways it seems they occur more frequently. Most people are...
Disturbing News
Most days I try to glance at the news just to stay aware of what’s happening across the nation and particularly in Kentucky. I scan several national and local news outlets on the internet and then read the stories where the headline catches my attention. Recently...
Bitter Cold
On February 2nd, the groundhog saw his shadow and announced six more weeks of winter – and was he ever right! Snow accumulations have been around ten inches and temperatures below zero. We have experienced wind chill readings to -15. I would consider that “bitter”...
WORST!
Statistics indicate the United States has one of the worst records among industrialized nations regarding child abuse. There are over 3 million reports of child abuse each year involving more than 6 million children. Every 10 seconds there is a report of abuse and...