In May 2022. CBN Balkan and Orphan's Promise, in cooperation with the association Fokus, organized a one-day seminar on trauma to which everyone who cares for children and/or adults with a traumatic experience was invited. The training was held by Julie Cooper from the international organization Trauma Free World. ...
Most Americans, weary after two years of battling COVID, are resigned to a future that includes living with the disease indefinitely. A new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that 75 percent of US respondents are "tired" of the pandemic, and 77 percent believe that most people will eventually contract the virus. Nevertheless, a...
When we talk about finances, it could be said that we live in a time of fear, especially since we haven't had such an intense combination of negativity at the same time in a lifetime. Fear and Christians - "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and...
If there's one thing that's widely available in today's world, it's bad news. They are everywhere, every news cycle filled with stories of chaos and danger. This creates a climate of fear and anxiety, no matter where we are on the globe. This is not the case only on a global, worldwide level. Every day...
Growing up on her family's cow farm in the Amish area of Pennsylvania, Kathy Smoker enjoyed playing outside. She seemed happy and carefree, but she kept a secret that she didn't dare to reveal to anyone. "I was sexually abused as a child. My abuser stalked me. And he was at the farm almost every...
Where is God when the storm rages? "'And since neither the sun nor the stars were visible for several days and there was no small storm raging, in the end all hope of being saved was lost." Acts 27:20 VAB...
"Take this one, and let Baraba go!" Luke 23:18 The Bible says: "But they all cried out in unison, saying: "Take this man, and release Barabbas to us!" (Barabbas was thrown into prison for some rebellion in the city and for murder) (see lines 18-19). Barabbas was a "stubborn prisoner" (Matthew 27:16), yet the people...
01 JULY 2018 'Blessed are the peacemakers' Matthew 5:9 KS If you are a person who only loves peace, it mostly means that you are looking out for your own interest. But if you are a peacemaker, then you are a person who puts yourself out there to help others. Creating peace is not easy....
"Every Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16 VAB Paul wrote to Timothy: "Evil men and deceivers will progress from evil to worse - seducing and being deceived. And you remain in what you have learned and what you are convinced of,...
