April is Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month, and as usual around the April 1, Palmer Place, SAFE and other child-welfare centered organizations begin by setting out pinwheels on the court house lawn as tributes to each of the children reported as a victim of abuse in the past year.

Pastors often talk about the “three B’s” in the New Testament: the church is a bride, a body and a building; thus, these analogies speak of relationship, dependency and mission. Michael Brooks discusses another analogy — a “city of refuge.”

Pastors often talk about the “three B’s” in the New Testament: the church is a bride, a body and a building; thus, these analogies speak of relationship, dependency and mission. Michael Brooks discusses another analogy — a “city of refuge.”

Pastors often talk about the “three B’s” in the New Testament: the church is a bride, a body and a building; thus, these analogies speak of relationship, dependency and mission. Michael Brooks discusses another analogy — a “city of refuge.”