A few years ago I was looking at pictures from a Fourth of July picnic with my family. I came across a shot of my children seated with a man with his back to the camera. The man was clearly balding. “Who is that?” I wondered out loud, suspicious of any man getting that...
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Three Heroes: Coach Shoemaker, Aloisea Inyumba, and Pennie Thurman
The past month I’ve experienced the loss of three dear friends and mentors. They each went Home in God’s perfect time, but it felt far too early. These individuals made a lifelong impact on me and countless others, and I want to emulate these friends. Here are just three of the many lessons they...
Responding to Pain with Only $1.75
Last week as Jonathan, Dan, Vitol, and I returned to Port-au-Prince after time visiting HOPE’s work in Miragoane, Haiti, we were stopped at a Haitian roadblock. The community had been promised electricity, but it never came. So in protest, the community blocked the road. My flight out was later that evening, and as we...