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Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him. (Matt 2:13) The Christmas story brings hope. Yet safety and protection was needed for the baby Jesus as others were seeking to kill him. Joseph, the father, is guided by a dream and he finds safety for the family. With safety, hope
Home
…we will come to them and make our home with them (John 14:23) remembering As Safe Haven prepares for the holiday season, I am moved to linger on the idea of home. When we dedicated our first Safe Transitions’lhouse as a team back in August, we toasted with sparkling grape juice and told stories of what home meant to us
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He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for
Worked All Through
He asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.” (Luke 13: 20-21) At Safe Haven, we place a priority on partnership and connection. Like the yeast in Jesus’ parable, we believe that peace can spread.
Seeing Danger
By: Tony Tendero, Fellow In Residence The prudent see danger and take refuge (Proverbs 27:12) In this new season, I am learning that seeing isn’t as easy as it seems. Maxine Greene, the Columbia University-Teachers College philosopher, calls the act of seeing, “attending.” She wants to push readers to involve the whole self. There is a lot to see when
Pick Up
By: Tony Tendero, Fellow In Residence I was saying these things and weeping in the most bitter contrition of my heart, when suddenly I heard the voice of a boy or a girl I know not which–coming from the neighboring house, chanting over and over again, “Pick it up, read it; pick it up, read it.” [Confessions, 260] I find my
