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the Plague of Everyday Violence
the Plague of Everyday Violence
Today is the release day of The Locust Effect – Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence written by Gary Haugen. Gary is the founder of International Justice Mission, a NGO that is focused on securing rescue…
are you aware of the fight raging around us?
are you aware of the fight raging around us?
This morning had another opportunity to share on Moody Radio Cleveland in a conversation with Mark Zimmerman on practical things somebody living in Ohio can do to impact the plight of 27 million people caught in modern day slavery. You…
kibera slum
kibera slum
the first project we visited on the Compassion Kenya Vision Trip was in the village of Silanga.  It is one of ten villages.  It is the biggest slum in Africa and one of the largest in the world.  It sits…
Meeting Emmanuel
Meeting Emmanuel
One of the many highlights of our travels in Kenya was meeting students who are part of the Leadership Development Program. The Leadership Development Program identifies Compassion-assisted youth who have leadership potential and assists them with college tuition, textbooks and…
I got infected with the gratitude syndrome
I got infected with the gratitude syndrome
  It’s been more than 2 months since we returned from the Compassion Vision Tour of Kenya.  I’ve been thinking alot about what the long term response should be (personally and vocationally) to those 9,000 miles of travel.  Today I’m…
Kenya’s Maasai
Kenya’s Maasai
So I’m beginning to think more clearly about the whirlwind vision trip with Compassion in Kenya.  There are so many highlights from those 7 days.  One in particular was a conversation with the Massai people who helped to protect us…

snow, sk8ing and cat herders

the weather turned nasty overnight and i think by final count (and the pain in my hips from shoveling) we got about 13 inches. been a few years since we got that much in one day. For awhile it looked…

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adminJanuary 28, 2009January 28, 2009 adventure, books & reviews, family, politics, student ministry
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braving icy currents

during the busyness of the day we stopped in the office long enough to take in the historic precedings in our nation’s capital. what we saw was impressive on many different fronts.  i love that in our country we can…

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adminJanuary 20, 2009January 20, 2009 adventure, family, personal, politics
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pknpk memories

the day pushed along and it just kept snowing and snowing. the students had an incredible time. the drive home was a little more adventureous as we drove through snow the whole way back. we finally got back into ltown…

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