I live in an area filled with all kinds of trees. Despite popular perception, a tree’s root system can be between two and five times larger than what we see of the tree above the ground. Icebergs can also have this fascinating characteristic. Recently, Love 146, a non-profit that works alongside children impacted by human trafficking, used the image of an iceberg to illustrate the gap between what most people think human trafficking prevention looks like and what it can also look like. The most difficult challenges of human trafficking can be hidden in plain sight and exist just below the surface of our understanding.

Thirty years ago today, on April 27, 1994, New Wineskins Missionary Network (formerly ECMC, Episcopal Church Missionary Community) held its first Global Mission Conference.…

I attended New Wineskins in 2019. It was just weeks after sending feminine pads and education to one class of girls in Uganda. I was brand new at this venture, and I knew that I had a lot to learn.