Monthly Archives: April 2010
Doing What We Were Created To Do: Journey To Mexico City
The beginning of 2010 has led Shawna and I on an interesting journey. In the beginning of March we were given the chance to go visit a ministry in Mexico City that is focused on ministering through artistic expression, connecting to a community of artists, and also just recently through running a safe house for human trafficking victims. Because we are both extremely passionate about those facing modern day slavery and bringing an end to trafficking worldwide, we were both ecstatic when we were given the opportunity to go visit this ministry with the intention of partnering with them in the future. Continue reading
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messy life and leadership questions
I love going to conferences and recently I have been to a few. What I hate about attending conferences is when the inspired feelings I get from hearing someone speak or talking about their latest project turn into hits against … Continue reading
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Glimmer of Hope in Cambodia
I wasn’t able to insert this video into to my blog but please take a few minutes and go watch this video on ABC News. It is about what some followers of Christ are doing in Cambodia to rescue children … Continue reading
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Global Freeze Project: Creative ideas to combat human trafficking
Something huge is happening tomorrow April 17th all around the world. Though there have been a handful of freeze project events, tomorrow is the first Global Freeze Project. According to the Freeze Project website there are over 25 different freeze … Continue reading
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Repackaging social justice involvement: hope vs. guilt
While at the Ideation Conference this last week Scott Harrison the founder of Charity:Water said something that has led me to reflect on it for the last few days. This may seem elementary but how much more effective would our … Continue reading
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Ideation Conference Reflection: Shock Treatment and Being the Hope
When making the choice to be revolutionary versus staying ordinary, there will always be 1000 reasons to remain ordinary.
I experienced an interesting thing while I was attending The !deation Conference. The !deation Conference is a conference focused on nonprofit work, collaboration, and implementing ideas that took place in Long Beach this last week and was hosted by Charles Lee (ideationconference.com). I, like many people who attended the conference was overwhelmed by the people/ speakers who were asked to be a part of this conference. So many people that attended were not just people that desired to change the world but in fact are changing the world right now. Continue reading
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