[reasons they leave #4] the church is judgemental regarding sexuality

by Crystal Rowe | Oct 31, 2011 | engaged in culture, ministry

[serialposts] Is leaving the church the same thing as leaving God? Just days ago, I received this text message from a teenager struggling with finding Christian community. God is important to her. She’s a young woman with faith much stronger than many adults....

movie review: the whistleblower [#humantrafficking]

by Crystal Rowe | Oct 20, 2011 | activist faith, engaged in culture

[serialposts]Kathryn Bolkovac. It’s a name I never heard until I watched The Whistleblower. Now that I know who she is, I want to tell the world about her. She was just a normal woman. A police officer in Nebraska. Living a broken life. Trying her best to get it...

there’s still work to do [thoughts on the 2011 TIP and #humantrafficking]

by Crystal Rowe | Oct 13, 2011 | activist faith

[serialposts]Back in June, the U.S. government released it’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. This report ranks 184 countries based on the work they are doing to combat human trafficking. The purpose of this report is not to point fingers and place...

in our backyard [an interview with @nitabelles on #humantrafficking]

by Crystal Rowe | Sep 29, 2011 | activist faith

[serialposts] That doesn’t happen here does it? Isn’t that mostly overseas? Recently I heard those questions as I was telling someone about my passion for helping victims of human trafficking. As I explained my desire to get more involved, they...

protecting the least of these [a series on #humantrafficking]

by Crystal Rowe | Sep 21, 2011 | activist faith

[serialposts]Eleven years ago the United States government enacted one of the largest, most important, pieces of human-rights legislation in U.S. history. Known as the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), it was the first federal law that sought to...