More children, women and men are held in slavery right now than over the course of the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade. This comes from the web page of the International Justice Mission (IJM). This is not to denigrate the horror of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but to underlines the horror of the current situation. Check out IJM for more information. Photo credit: Andrew Mitchell via Flickr I am reminded of IJM's work this Advent because the word “captive” is common in the songs and readings in Advent: O … [Read more...] about Advent: Set the Captive Free