Our faith is perhaps most visible and most compelling to a watching world when people are in need. In 260 AD, amidst the height of a deadly plague that inspired a frenzied mass exodus of people from Athens, Christians became known as the people who rushed back to the infected city to care for...
Twenty years ago, I graduated from college with a passion to work with a global organization in microenterprise development. Willing to go anywhere and do anything, I enthusiastically sent my resume to every organization I could find engaged in this sector. I eagerly waited for a response… and waited, and then waited some more...
While in college, I was invited by our alumni office to represent our school at a college fair for high school students. After a day of meeting with prospective students, another college rep asked me to go to dinner. I agreed, eager for a conversation about something other than financial aid packages. Halfway through...