Broadcast news continues from an underground parking garage, where Ukrainians take refuge from Russian attack, Western media have reported widely.
A worship leader at my church today highlighted a line from the Newsboys' "He Reigns" (2003):
It's all God's children singin'
"Glory, glory, hallelujah"
"He reigns, he reigns"Let it rise above the four winds
Caught up in the heavenly sound
Let praises echo from the towers of cathedrals
To the faithful gathered underground
I cited the other day a link to fundraising for The Kyiv Independent. GQ two days ago wrote about other ways to give. "Send Relief" is a Christian mission organization with a Ukraine crisis fund.
For anyone wanting a primer on Ukraine-Russian history, the multi-talented Mo Rocca published a superb piece this morning on CBS Sunday Morning, informed by an interview with Anne Applebaum, whose November Atlantic cover story has proven to be the gold standard of prescience in the present crisis.
Flight from Ukraine is creating a refugee crisis in Poland. Men age 18-60 are not permitted to leave Ukraine, so families are separating with the hope of sparing children from the war. With their usual quiet relentlessness, Poles are stepping up in big numbers. My friends there report taking in families. Poland will need our support, too.
Calling for prayer, my pastor this week quoted Jesus in John 16:33: "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
