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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…

nurturers of useful virtue

dan henninger nails it again. he makes a great tie in between the econonmy tanking and the movement afoot to only say “happy holidays” at this time of year. for him its all about human beings behaving badly… Responsibility and…

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tocqueville in the sticks and life church

one of the great things about being part of a outpost working in the sticks is the relationships that come from our common associations.  i find it particularly interesting that alexis tocqueville made early notice of that while visiting colonial…

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thesticks.tv

its history.  the outpost’s first conference, thesticks.tv and by all accounts it was successful.  i’ll admit i’m in recovery of sorts as i picked up a bug of sorts on the epiphany weekend and it made the past two days…

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