Christmas In Darkness

Christmas In Darkness

When our eyes met, she flashed the sweetest smile. I decided to peel off from the group of visitors to the renovated warehouse in Beirut,sheltering 600 people fleeing the bombing of their homes. The inviting smile of this young mother was irresistible. We introduced...
Radical Generosity

Radical Generosity

It’s Giving Tuesday, a time to advocate and practice radical generosity. Radical generosity is “the concept that the suffering of others should be as intolerable to us as our own  suffering.” In other words, to love your neighbor as yourself. In the numbing world of...
Knocked Down but Not Knocked Out

Knocked Down but Not Knocked Out

She woke with a start in the dead of night, prompted by an unrelenting urging: “Grab your kids. Take your ID. Flee your house! NOW!” She stumbled down the stairs, three little kids in tow., out of their highrise onto the street. Adecade of war had not...