The Power of Small Wins
We’ve made it to part four of the book. I, for one, am completely thrilled that Brian Fikkert and Steve Corbett added this section. If you only have the first edition then it’s worth getting the second edition to get [...]
How Churches Can Equip People For Work
In the book The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg, tells the story of Travis Leach. The summarised version is that Travis had a challenging upbringing. He first saw his father overdose when he was nine. He grew up in a [...]
What Does it Take to Alleviate Poverty?
In the past year, TCT has suddenly expanded in what I would refer to as a rather alarming rate. Others, who like growth, probably wouldn’t use the word alarming. Since the beginning of the year we have trained people to [...]
International Women’s Day
According to my Facebook feed, a few weeks ago at the Oscar’s Patricia Arquette’s acceptance speech included a reference to equal pay. Meryl Streep applauded. A number of my friends shared it on Facebook with their supportive comments. And it [...]
Dignity- Our Measuring Stick
Last year I wrote a blog challenging us to move from ‘helping the poor’ to ‘loving our neighbor.’ The intention wasn’t that we should stop serving those who are the vulnerable around us. The story of the Good Samaritan makes [...]
Depending On God
For the last twenty years, one of my constant prayers has been, “Father, make me aware of my desperate dependence on you.” It’s a crazy prayer in some ways. I think that prayer is partly responsible for the fact that [...]
What is Biblical Truth?
I remember the first time I heard the phrase "ideas have consequences." It’s a powerful idea, but left me initially skeptical. If true, it changes everything. Much of my work in development up until then had been focused on programs [...]
Celebrating One Year
Reconciled World is officially one year old. Happy birthday to us! It’s been a fantastic year. A year that we have known and experienced so much of God’s favour. We expanded programs, identified new partners, started new programs and have [...]
The Importance of the Whole Story
I shared once before about a pastor’s wife who was doing abortions as a way to show God’s love to her community. Despite the many church-based trainings that she had been to, she had no idea that what she was [...]
God Gave Us A House
God gave us our house. Really. My ownership of our current house is a set of miracles that is hard to believe. It started from the day we decided to sell our old apartment. We looked at the calendar and [...]