Two race-based acts of violence have taken place in the last ten days. First, a gunman shot and injured 3 Korean American women at a Dallas, TX, hair salon and then another gunman live streamed his shooting of a Buffalo, NY, supermarket, ...
The world is in a state of transition. The gravest years of the pandemic seem behind us, but for many young Americans, the future remains uncertain.
In many instances, young people are missing entire developmental markers and moments, ...
Henri Nouwen, who left his post as an Ivy League professor, didn’t move straight into a life of living with and serving people with disabilities. First, he spent nearly a year working in Bolivia and Peru.
His honesty about this ...
Fueled by a unique opportunity for collective reflection, the so-called “Great Resignation” is having reverberating effects throughout the global workforce. The shared trauma and disruptions of a worldwide pandemic, alongside ...
Nearly a year has passed since World Relief, a US refugee resettlement agency, offered me a job in my own city of Greenville, SC, just before I graduated with my Master’s in Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership from Wheaton ...
Any call for peace and unity that disregards injustice is not only empty, it is working against the cause of Christ. Christians are called to peacemaking. Not peacekeeping. Peacemaking. There is a radical difference between the two. ...
This May, 26 students will graduate from the M.A. in Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership (HDL) program. As they mark this great milestone, we asked several students to reflect on their experience and share what they’ve learned ...
The governor of Texas recently said he’s considering a formal declaration that the large number of immigrants arriving at the US-Mexico border constitutes an “invasion,” echoing bluster long used by conservative ...
HDI recently interviewed Heather Taylor, Managing Director at Bread for the World, to discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine regarding food insecurity.
Seven weeks into the war in Ukraine, my newsfeed refreshes each day with stories of unthinkable atrocities. With each new account of suffering, it’s easy to wonder, “How could this happen?”
This is a question I asked ...
