by jamieivey | Jan 12, 2016 | Around the Web, Austin
If you have been a listener to The Happy Hour you know that sex trafficking is something that is on my mind these days. I wrote this a year and a half ago after I saw many different ways that God was bringing this tragedy to my attention. It was as if everywhere I...
by jamieivey | Apr 27, 2015 | Around the Web, Around the World, Faith
“The distance between tears and smiles is freedom.” IJM worker in India International Justice Mission is a global organization that protects the poor from violence in the developing world. IJM works to rescue victims, bring criminals to justice, restore...
by jamieivey | Dec 4, 2014 | Books, Faith
I don’t remember the first time I heard the word human trafficking. I know it was for sure in the past five years, but there wasn’t a monumental experience where I was moved to action and the next day was walking the streets looking for girls to help. It was more like...
by jamieivey | Nov 3, 2014 | Faith, Parenting, Podcast
Today’s guest on the Happy Hour Podcast is Jamie Wright. Jamie writes at THE VERY WORST MISSIONARY. Her and her husband live in California and have three boys, one of which has already grown up and lives on his own. Jamie and I met each other a few years ago through...
by jamieivey | Jun 13, 2014 | Adoption, Around the Web, Austin, Domestic, Parenting, Podcast, The Austin Stone
Happy Friday friends! Let me just say that today did not start out the way I hoped it would. As we were getting ready for the last day of VBS — Oh and side note – this VBS had a man who looked like Jesus greeting the kids at the door yesterday – I...