Almost from infancy, our parents teach us to share. If we have two cookies and our friend has none, we’re instructed to give one away. This idea is reinforced in classrooms, on sports teams, and especially in church, where we learn that a faith that fails to actively care for those in need is...
Dave Larson has walked with me from the very beginning of my work in international development. As a coach and a friend, he helped me navigate my first job in Cambodia and negotiate with armed police when I was driving down the wrong side of the road in Rwanda. After reading the post on...
Despite what Ann Coulter says, I am convinced that compassion is one of America’s greatest exports. I see evidence of it every summer, as droves of men and women—stirred by dreams of radical service and love—leave their sanitized, suburban lives behind and board planes bound for the ends of the earth. That desire is a...