Amazing Grace, by Eric Metaxas, is a wonderful book on the life of William Wilberforce, a man who spent most of his life working to overthrow the African slave trade and, ultimately, the practice of slavery in the British Empire. Wilberforce was a Member of Parliament in England and spent 20 years striving to bring [...]
When I first found out that slavery is still going on today, I was shocked. I thought it ended over a hundred years ago. Then, when I started reading books about modern-day slavery, not only was I shocked, I was and still am heartbroken. It has been estimated that 27 million people are enslaved today [...]
My hope for this blog is that it will be a tool to bring awareness to others of the injustice of modern-day slavery and human trafficking. I am not at all gifted at writing, so please bear with me, but I feel that I must be part of the fight for justice for those who [...]
