Hard Place, Local Visionary, Middle East, SE Asia, Values
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...
A Dream, Accompany, Equip, Hard Place, Local Visionary, Middle East, SE Asia
Ever so gingerly, our Arabfriend lowered the paralyzed woman in awheelchair down two long flights ofstairs. Thump. Thump. Thump.. Then after he lifted her into his car, shebegan to weep and weep and weep. Sheconfided that she hadn’t been out of herhome in two...
A Dream, Hard Place, Local Visionary, Middle East, SE Asia
“So, how do you change hard places?” asked my new friend. “Oh, we don’t necessarily change them,” I responded, “Our aim is more profound.” “What do you mean? Then, why are you in hard places?” Her curiosity was piqued. I answered, “We believe that lights can shine...
A Dream, Hard Place, Local Visionary, SE Asia, Youth
I woke early, rolled over, glanced at my phone. Coup d’état! My eyes popped wide open. Dignitaries arrested. Internet cut. Airport closed. Banks shuttered. Roads blocked. It was this country’s last straw. After a generation of armed sectarian clashes. And...
Invest, Middle East, Network, SE Asia
It Takes a Worldwide Team Recent headlines scream of injustice and chaos; you demonstrated a different way with sacrifice and unity. In our #GivingTuesdayNow campaign, we said that dreamers and their volunteers “are digging deep” to respond during this pandemic...
Hard Place, Network, SE Asia
Good news comes in all shapes and sizes. A cold drink on a hot day. A square meal. A new pair of shoes. A visit by a good friend. A foot pump. An encouraging word…. Wait. Back up. A foot pump? Yes, that’s right. When that cool drink means scooping water up...