It has been a very busy day in the anti-human trafficking world! Most notably, President Obama used his time at the Clinton Global Initiative to deliver remarks about human trafficking, including new initiatives to engage the fight. As the President rightly stated, this issue is important to all of us: It ought to concern every …
Tag: International Justice Mission
Am I an abolitionist?
Hi. I’m Dave. And I have 46 slaves working for me. Can I still call myself an abolitionist? Back in September, Slavery Footprint went live during the Clinton Global Initiative. The demand crashed their servers. I remember hearing about it in September and I’m pretty sure I even started through the process of calculating my …
Minding the gap
That was one of my key take-aways (gotta love conference attendee parlance, right?) from the Leadership Institute at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City last week: minding the gap. In one of his plenary addresses, Church of the Resurrection Senior Pastor, Adam Hamilton, used that phrase – minding the gap – to …
IL Forum to Combat Human Trafficking
I was quite encouraged by the crowd present for Monday's Illinois Forum to Combat Human Trafficking. There were several hundred people there of diverse ages and races. The speakers were passionate and informative. Opportunities to take action to combat trafficking were offered, actions that could be taken right then and there. International Justice Mission was …
Reach globally, gather locally, end slavery
“Jesus said, ‘The Spirit of the Lord is on me… He sent me to liberate those held down by oppression.’” – Luke 4:18 Now is the time, the time is now...We need to get the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) passed through Congress and signed into law. This week, it’s back to anti-trafficking work. …
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Mighty Waters
Greetings from warm and sunny Pasadena, California! I am here for a conference called Mighty Waters: Preaching and Living God’s Passion for Justice. If you know me at all, you can probably already tell why I was drawn to this gathering. I’m all about striving to understand ourselves as called to live in – to …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 