Today we celebrate the birth and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Although it is customary for many to trot out his iconic and hopeful speech, “I Have a Dream,” he gave other messages that were more pointed and somber. ...
A few months ago, I was sharing the story of a family who partners with us in Burundi. This family is growing more food and restoring the land they depend on, while deepening their faith and discovering their own sense of agency. ...
The deepest pain I’ve ever encountered was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There, I saw the depravity of mankind up-close.
I was there shortly after The Second Congo War, the bloodiest conflict in African history, which ...
Days after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, my boss called me and asked if I would be willing to serve on the core crisis management team tasked with coordinating cross-departmental collaboration ...
During the last 50 years, one of the broadest, deepest, and most important movements in global Christianity has been the widespread embrace of the concept of holistic mission. A holistic missions framework weaves the biblical call ...
Just as the church has not been immune in recent years to scandalous accusations—from the Roman Catholic Church to the Southern Baptist Convention—humanitarian organizations doing important work are not exempt.
Several ...
I entered 2020 without a New Year’s resolution, but several months in, I found one. Quietly and without fanfare, I resolved to never read the book of Jeremiah again. I had been partway through this longest book of the Bible ...
Kent Annan got frustrated when it came to sign up for his COVID booster shot. Here’s the ...
No one who sees me skipping around in my turquoise Doc Martens boots, riding my bedazzled bicycle with handlebar streamers, or driving my jazzy orange Honda Fit covered with yellow daisies, sighs and says to themself, “Well ...
Sometimes, it can feel like you can’t win when it comes to helping a person in pain. It can feel like saying anything will just add more hurt. (As we outlined yesterday, there are definitely some sayings to avoid.)
It may feel ...
