Here in Chicago where we watched what must have been a hundred fireworks displays in various communities from our hotel window. Karen and I just ret...
I wanted to whine this morning. Karen and I got a bad cold (she in Cape Town, me two days later here in the Yucatan). So we were running a little ...
Maybe you saw this news story on Tuesday: American Christian group to end goodwill mission from crime-ridden capital KINGSTON, Jamaica - A U.S. Ch...
It's 1:19 a.m. and I've been going strong all day. And I'm thinking about what to do about this pattern I'm in. Maybe I need to make some changes ...
While she lived in Swaziland, Lisa Black fell in love with the orphan children of Nsoko. She called them "children of the dirt"; they have nothing, ...
Are you the kind of person who says, "It's not my fault," or do you take responsibility when things go wrong? Our culture teaches us to duck and dodge...
You may recall the story (recounted here and here) of Baby Moses. It was so heart-rending. When my son and his team visited her home in Swaziland,...
I'm sick of reading the news. The drumbeat of negativism is relentless. And the local TV news is the worst. To listen to it, you'd think that we...
Jeannette Wheeler is in Nicaragua and just posted this great blog. We need to identify with the poor . We need to put ourselves in their shoes (if t...
Yesterday's blog was about the disturbing situation in Swaziland, a country spiraling downward at an alarming rate. Our ministry is responding.�...
