Ever mull something while asleep? When I woke up this morning, I realized I’d been pondering most of the night. It’s hard, in our culture, to understand theirs. If you want to sorta kinda slightly approach fathoming what some Haitians are experiencing… right this moment… imagine. Imagine what we are living, but from their first […]
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Category Archives: HumanitarianIt has been quite a ride. For eight months now, I’ve worked alongside tireless men and women who spend their waking hours (and quite a few dreaming ones, too) unraveling ways to help those impacted by natural disasters. Getting the job as communications manager was a dream come true. Ever since I felt compelled (truly, […]  You never know when life is going to change — or end. Crisis is just that way, isn’t it? It’s not much for giving notice. But, for some, it seems that life never really starts. You know the people I mean. They trudge along, wishing they could figure out why they’re here, lost in the […] You have done good things. It reminds me of the song, “Beautiful Things.” You make beautiful things You make beautiful things Out of the dust You make beautiful things You make beautiful things Out of us If you look at what large organizations have accomplished in the missions field, the teeny bit we’ve recently achieved […]  Hmm… so the Talkmaster, Neal Boortz hisownself, is publicly teasing me for being excited that I found a dollar under my pillow. Yep, just one. It was crumpled, probably a stowaway in my laundry that always ends up piled on my bed. But there’s just never a bad time to find money, is there? It’s […]  This morning, I woke up at home – not Haiti – and the differences are dramatic: I wasn’t awakened by a rooster and the sound of a broom already energetic in the leaves outside my window. My alarm waits until I’m ready. I didn’t wake up on the floor this morning. My mattresses atop my […] 
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