Relational and Consistent
When AWOL was just a dream I remember sitting on the floor of my living room, blasting Jesus Culture, and writing in my journal. I asked God what He wanted for our outreach program… and I felt like He...
View ArticleGood Love
I started working with AWOL 2 and half years ago. It is one of the things on my calendar that I am consistently excited about. It isn’t because I am excited to “serve” or that I am excited for “God to...
View ArticleYou Can Only Give What You Have
First, you must stop what you are doing and read this blog, unless you are one of those people that like to read the end before the beginning. I get it; Jesus can do the same thing. Beginnings from...
View ArticleHuman Souls are Identical at Their Core
As I sit here staring at a blank word document page my mind races. This summer has already been filled with so many life-changing experiences; it’s hard to know where to start. I had the opportunity to...
View Article28 Ways to End Slavery
Rob Morris once said, ending human trafficking is not idealistic or naive, it is audacious, and it is people of audacity that change the world. Many will ask me today, what do you want for your...
View ArticleYou’re Not In Copper Canyon Anymore
Mel (Dorothy) You’re Not In Copper Canyon (Kansas) Anymore Yikes – Pray – Pray – Pray Mel Baggett You Baby Boomers who grew up in Detroit, knew about a place called Copper Canyon in the...
View ArticlePerfect Love & Hopelessness Cannot Coexist
Have you ever experienced hopelessness? Hopelessness is defined as a loss of confidence or faith that future events or occurrences will be positive. It has also been defined as a subjective state in...
View ArticleWhat Love Does
As I sit in the back of the SUV with a new survivor and wipe her tears, I wrap her in a pink hand-knotted fleece blanket that she will take to rehab, put a salvation bracelet on her and give her a...
View ArticleWithhold not good from them to whom it is due
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. – Proverb 3:27 My friends are due the goodness, grace and mercy of God. I believe that through the love of...
View ArticleWe Are All God’s Children
Some nights are harder than others, not because certain people have more value but because sometime someone tugs a little harder on my heart strings. When we are out we can see anyone from 50 year...
View ArticleImago Dei
A lot of people think we’re crazy. It’s ok. We know you’re they’re out there. Others think we’re just plain stupid. “Why?” they want to know. “Why do you go to that part of the city? Isn’t it...
View ArticleThe Currency of Heaven is LOVE
There is a story in the Bible about a woman who was caught in adultery and publicly shamed by everyone in her community. Could you imagine…. Your sin exposed… for all to see? Your marital troubles laid...
View Article2015, the year of freedom!
Dear Friend and Supporter, We are so thankful for your partnership with All Worthy of Love to help end modern day slavery. Your contributions and prayers have helped empower and embolden us to...
View ArticleThe Ladies Guide to the Art of Manliness
I thought the title of this blog as “The Ladies Guide to the Art of Manliness” might be a catchy way to pander to the ladies in our blog audience. All Worthy of Love (“AWOL”) is, by in large, a...
View ArticleBest Good News
One of the things I look forward to most about outreach every Monday night is the car conversations we have in between talking with girls, giving lunches and praying with each one that comes to the...
View ArticleHow AWOL Began…
In honor of AWOLs FOURTH birthday Sunday, February 14th, this is the story of how it all began.. I heard about modern day slavery, but I wasn’t really affected by it. It’s one of those things… if you...
View ArticleDetroit Turned Upside Down
My favorite description of what the gospel does can be found in Acts 17 (ESV). It says that the men have turned the world upside down and they proclaim there is another king, Jesus. The gospel often...
View ArticleThe Prodigal Daughter
Recently I read a (pretty awesome) book about the prodigal son. Maybe you’ve heard that parable that Jesus shares in Luke 15 – you know, the one where there are two sons. And the younger son takes his...
View ArticleTo be Poor in Spirit is to Love
There’s something in the air every time I go to the neighborhood where the AWOL outreach team ministers to those entangled in street prostitution and sex trafficking. There’s an absence: a poverty of...
View ArticleBreaking the Bubble
The Lord has placed a heavy burden on me ….I have a heart for the young people of this generation to be educated on human trafficking. My heart aches each time I go to a mall and see three young middle...
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