It was impossible not to tear up at my friend Ira rsquo s status update Posted in only days after she rsquo d left her home in the besieged capital of Ukraine Kyiv she shared a past image of herself lifting her country rsquo s flag after completing a running event She wrote ldquo We are all running to the best of our abilities a marathon called life Let rsquo s run it these days even better than that With something that never dies in our hearts rdquo In the following days I saw the many ways my friend continued [... more]

GUEST GREG pastor Kyiv UkraineIt's been over a month and Ukraine continues to fight back against the military invasion by Vladimir Putin's Russian forces The human toll is high thousands of people have been killed on both sides with homes and other non-military buildings destroyed Cities like Mariupol have been decimated by Russian military bombardment causing millions of refugees Meanwhile the debate rages in Europe and America about what to do Is more intervention called for beyond supplying arms and technological support to the Ukrainians such as enforcing a no-fly zone over the country which means direct combat with Russian [... more]