Family man, Local church leader, Church planting director
Vikki Ortiz Healy for the Tribune:
When two Pullman residents, the Rev. William Cowardine and Jennie Curtis, a seamstress, brought the unfair work conditions to the attention of the American Railway Union in 1894, it prompted a nationwide shutdown of railways that begged action from then-President Grover Cleveland.
(h/t Lindsay Greer)
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In the year leading up to our decision to be missionaries my wife and I had prayed much, and we had received encouragement from our churches, families, and friends. I certainly felt a nudge on my heart for missions, but
One evening, I sat cross-legged on the roof of my five-story apartment building praying. Suddenly I became self-consciously aware of myself and my surroundings. At once, a series of crushing realizations came in rapid succession. First, because I could hear