Hope
God has placed us in Cleveland as spiritual parents. This article, "Raising Black Boys with Hope," hits home both figuratively and literally living and ministering just 1.2 miles (a mere 4 minute drive) from where Tamir Rice was tragically shot and killed 5 years ago this month. I mourn because it could still happen today - the issues of racism and prejudice are no closer to being reconciled, "solved' or "taken care of" in Cleveland or in our nation than they were on that heartbreaking day in November 2014. Sin still prevails; Christ-centered reconciliation and God-ordained justice is desperately needed. Our heart must always be like that of God's as shown throughout scripture: "Learn to do what is good. Seek justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow's cause" (Isaiah 1:17, HCSB). Many nights, I look out at our parking lot at dusk and see young, pre-teen and teenage African American boys playin