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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…

terrible

just learned today a young boy…age 9 took his life yesterday. amazing. how does a young bright life full of ambition find the world so dark and hopeless that suicide is the only answer? what a loss…how very troubling. this…

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encouragement is such a blessing

the folks at improv now are just amazing.  i’ve seen several different ones.  but this one is just cool.  it shows you the power of encouragement and actually affirms the value of knowing someone’s name.  the smile and disbelief on…

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adminApril 15, 2008April 15, 2008 adventure, thoughts
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#33 up

tony was busy and got WATG podcast up. A great conversation about tweaking and improving a weekend program. Episode 33: Best Practices for Weekend Programming

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