Hard Place, Local Visionary, Middle East, Network, Youth
Refusing Despair with Tangible Hope Imagine. Your salary drops to half its value while you sleep. Reality. On November 3, 2016, the Egyptian pound lost half its value overnight against the US dollar, doubling the annual inflation rate to over 20 percent. Imagine. Your...
A Dream, Hard Place, Local Visionary, Middle East
Those Who Have Ears…Let Them Hear Dr. Maged’s first patient that morning was distressed. “I cannot hear.” Before the rural clinic opened, this villager had waited over two hours for that coveted first spot in line. With only five public hospitals for nearly 1.4...
Hard Place, Middle East, Values
“Where is he?” David muttered, pacing and jittery. “He’s two hours overdue.” Our visionary friend was traversing conflict zones, but he’d never been this late. Then the phone rang. David lunged for it. His face projected relief,...
Accompany, Hard Place, Local Visionary, Middle East
Dreamer Thanks As we approach Thanksgiving celebrations, it’s time to reflect and give thanks.Together, we’re all playing our part to fan lights in hard places into flame. However, our thanks hardly compares to the gratitude a dreamer recently expressed. He mentioned...
A Dream, Hard Place, Middle East, Youth
Antidote for Nausea It had been rough going for nearly two hours. Cavernous potholes. Broken asphalt. Gritty litter. No shade in sight. We were sweating, despite the full-blast air con. Hundreds of smokestacks as far as the eye could see. An apocalyptic landscape. I...
A Dream, Local Visionary, Middle East
The doorbell startled me. We were deep in discussion with Melhem, a Lebanese visionary that Dreams InDeed accompanies. I walked over to open his office door. A small boy with a big bent can under his arm stood before me. He clutched a wooden box stuffed with rags,...
