Above: Peter Braima gives his son, Moses, a haircut with a safety razor at their home in Manjama village, near Bo, Sierra Leone, in 2014, while their new, insecticide-treated mosquito net airs out behind them. The nets were provided by The United Methodist Church's Imagine No Malaria campaign.
As we head into another greeting card weekend filled with images of dads with leisure time and hamburgers to burn this Father’s Day, we’d like to take a few moments to remind ourselves that fathers from all over the world and all walks of life have dreams for their children and deserve to be celebrated.
Dear God, we give thanks for all the fathers and father figures who want only the best for their sons and daughters, who give of themselves daily so that their children may have the chance for a better life.