Acts 17:22-31 ; 1 Peter 3:13-22 ; John 14:15-21 Today is Mother’s Day, which is a secular holiday that has deep roots in our nation’s history and is celebrated in a variety of ways around the world. Mother’s Day has also taken on a special significance for me because it is extremely important to our siblings in Cuba. As they tell it, the idea of celebrating Mother’s Day was actually one of the early contributions of the Presbyterian Church in Cuba, and during the revolution, it was small groups of women who held Bible studies and kept the doors of the church from closing. One of those women is Mercedis Cardenas, who established the Sabanilla Church, and also our partnership with them, and who – at 92 – tasted the first sip of purified water from the filtration system that we partnered with them and Living Waters for the World to set up. Yes, the faith of our mothers sustains us, and we give thanks to them today. One of the many ways that my mother and hers before and others on both sid...
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