by Lynne Hybels | Jan 3, 2018 | Opinion
I stood in a refugee center in the former Yugoslavia in the early ’90s, a country destroyed by the bitter hatred that fueled the Balkan War. I listened, heartsick, to stories of mass rapes of hundreds of Bosnian women by Serbian soldiers. Like the world, I was...
by Lynne Hybels | May 12, 2017 | Opinion
I’ve never met a mother who didn’t want her child to grow up to be a kind and loving person. But because my ministry often takes me to conflict zones, I’ve met many mothers for whom that challenge is unusually daunting. In recent years, I’ve...
by Lynne Hybels | Feb 23, 2017 | Opinion
I signed in early February the World Relief open letter asking President Trump to reconsider his recent executive order impacting refugees. A reporter called asking me to share why I did so. She also asked my opinion on the apparent divide between the pulpit and the...
by Lynne Hybels | Aug 29, 2016 | Opinion
Ninety percent of war casualties were male soldiers around a century ago. Today, an estimated 90 percent of casualties are civilians, and 75 percent of these are women and children. In the early 1990s, I traveled with a humanitarian organization to Croatia and Bosnia...
by Lynne Hybels | May 5, 2016 | Opinion
“Do you think it’s safe to meet with the Christians? I’m afraid they will hurt you. Please text me as soon as the meeting is done, so I’ll know you’re OK.” These were the words of a junior high-aged Muslim boy when he learned that...
