Aug 18
Advice for…
The Super-Spiritual Dude,
The Local Do-Gooder,
The Security Monger,
The Camera-Tricks Skeptic,
The God-Minimizer,
And The Swamped…
Recognize yourself in any of those posts on our many excuses? What’s your excuse not to care? Or do you care plenty, but feel too swamped to know where to begin? Consider these ideas, and add your own…
Get down on your knees and [...]
My husband was recently interviewed for an article you can read here, in Character First Magazine, about our time piloting a microfinance project in rural South Africa. That was what brought us to Africa, but as you can read in my book, most of the time the work was no garden of roses blooming left [...]
May 13
“…When you see how the people live, and still more, how easily they die, it is difficult to believe that you’re walking among human beings…”
So you’ve got that burning itch to go into the world and make a big whopping difference somewhere? You’re ready, you’re willing, you’re starting to narrow down the options, maybe you’ve even bought a plane ticket. Here’s some advice for the journey. Here’s five tips for before you go, five for while you’re there, and [...]
May 4
The six suitcases and four smaller carry-on bags stacked in the corner of our bedroom hardly even blocked the way around the bed. Was that all that was left to carry away from something so formative as nearly four years in a foreign culture?
Here’s an excerpt from article Adam and I wrote that just came out in Relevant Magazine…
…Travel can become an attempt to disconnect from anything and anyone familiar, as if by escaping the ordinary, life will automatically become extraordinary. But what are we running from? Behind the banter of daring deeds is a common desire to [...]
Mar 12
They come and act like they’re above us… like we need them… like they’re more Christian than us. Until now I have never met someone like you who understands this. I feel bad saying it, but I often think, ‘We don’t need your food, your money, your help… This so-called help is destroying us.’
Today [...]
Where you are right now might really hurt. You might be wishing for a spouse or a child. You might be wishing you were done with school, or done paying off loans, or done caring for a child or relative. You might wish you weren’t locked into car payments, house payments, boat payments, or credit [...]
“I see such truth in the idea that poverty is not a project; it’s not something that can be solved through our continuing to throw money at it, because at the end of the day the change we seek is less economy-related and more people-related.” -From an email from a friend. Read more…
Feb 11
North American culture generally views impulsiveness as a mark of a highly successful person. My husband often quotes Napoleon: “The most difficult, and therefore the most valuable, is the ability to decide.” So decide. Quickly. We love impulsive people because they seem fun to be around. “Let’s climb on the roof of the dormitory,” they [...]
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