Many countries around the globe are facing an education crisis. Children are missing out on the opportunity to attend school and develop the skills needed to lead prosperous lives. The relationship between poverty and education is deeply intertwined. Poverty drives children out of school, and a lack of education, in turn, deepens poverty. Understanding how poverty affects education is the ...
Picture Lucien and Julienne Kousse, a young couple from Namab in northern Togo. God has just blessed this couple with twins, a boy and a girl. Having newborn twins, in any part of the world, means double the blessing but also double the problems ... Read More
Lent can feel like a somber, depressing time in the life of many Christians. The weather is gloomy, churches are bare and silent, and thinking about suffering and sin is exhausting and discouraging. Read More
About a year ago, my cell phone rang in my pocket while I was in Tamale shopping for my mission, Christ the King parish in Gushiegu, Ghana, which was sixty-five miles away. The urgent call was from James, our catechist, who ... Read More