Why Should We Serve the Poor?
I’ve just returned from a two month trip to North America. It was a great trip, although visiting 16 cities in that time frame is EXHAUSTING. Happy to be home to recover. One of the things that my husband and [...]
Why are People Poor?
What causes poverty? That’s the age old question. If we really want to see transformation we need to know what’s causing poverty and therefore how to address it. Keller finishes chapter two by sharing how a multitude of factors work [...]
Why Generous Justice?
I love to read. In the average year I read about 100 books. Despite that, when Tessa suggested that we do a read along, it took me less than 2 seconds to suggest Generous Justice. As we have reread it, [...]
The Most Unlikely Foster Mum
One of the greatest joys of my life is a boy called Binh. Binh entered my life seven years ago in the midst of complete chaos. I was running two programs with over 700 churches involved, writing training materials day [...]
Reconciliation with One Another
For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” Galatians 5:14 I love to simplify. Much of my job for the last 10 years has been to take less than easy concepts and teach [...]
Autism: Resources for Learning More
As we close our series on autism, I realize in many ways we have only just started to touch the surface of this area. For those who want to go deeper, we have gathered some resources that you may find [...]
Clueless
This is Autism Awareness Month. And although I lead an organization with an amazing center for autistic children, I confess that I am mostly clueless when it comes to supporting people with autism. I’ve only interacted with a few people [...]
What Will it Take to Bring Transformation?
I’ve seen transformation – communities completely move out of poverty. Physical, spiritual, social and mental transformation. The story is here, and more are here. If there is anything my years have taught me it’s that God is able. God is [...]
Abuse Against Women – How Can We Respond?
Young girls being raped, women facing domestic violence, child brides… abuse against women takes many forms. Anyone who takes even a few moments to study what is happening around the world can’t help but be moved. But what do we [...]
We Have to Speak Out
Tomorrow we celebrate International Women’s Day. To mark that occasion we are planning to spend the rest of the month blogging about challenges facing women and girls around the world and look at the hope and healing God is raising [...]