Shawn Smucker
In 2012, Mohammad fled his Syrian village along with his wife and four sons. Four years later he sat across from Shawn Smucker in a small conference room in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Though neither of them knew it, Mohammad had arrived in Shawn's life just in time. This is the story of a friendship. It is the story of a middle-aged writer struggling to make a living and a Syrian refugee struggling to create a life for his family in a strange and sometimes hostile land. It's the story of two fathers hoping for the best, two hearts seeking compassion, two lives changed forever. It's the story of our moment in history--and the opportunities it gives us to show love and hospitality to the sojourner in our midst. "A glimpse into the bridge-building, fear-silencing, life-affirming gift of cross-cultural friendship. http://shawnsmucker.com/
Up Next in 2019
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100 Huntley Street - February 5, 2019
Kerri Rawson
In 2005 Kerri's father, Dennis Rader, confessed without remorse to the murders of ten people, including two children; acts that destroyed seven families and wrecked countless lives in the process. As the town of Wichita, Kansas celebrated the end of a thirty-one-year nightmare, anot... -
100 Huntley Street - February 4, 2019
Dave Klassen has worked with Athletes in Action Canada for almost 30 years and is now the national director of AIA and chaplain for the Vancouver Canucks (NHL) and the BC Lions (CFL). A former teacher and coach, he has worked with aspiring athletes from the elementary to the university levels and...
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100 Huntley Street - February 1, 2019
Todd Peterson
Mr. Peterson graduated from University of Georgia receiving his BBA in Banking & Finance in 1993. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy for two years prior to that. At UGA he was the institution’s first Academic All-American since 1983 and also initiated into Sphinx, the University's ...