the #haiti diaries 2012 [a @helpendpoverty trip]
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Since my last mission trip to Haiti, I couldn’t wait to get back. That was August 2010, just eight months after the earthquakes that shattered an already struggling nation. I’ve even made it down to the other side of the island, but my heart ached to be just across the border with the people I’ve [...]
why i’m starting to work with @helpendpoverty
I take on lots of projects through my work associated with this website. Sometimes it seems like it’s too much. But I almost can’t imagine not doing some of this stuff. In addition to working my regular full-time job as a training development manager (mostly e-Learning stuff), I manage this website, I work with TheHighCalling.org [...]
book review: after shock [searching for honest faith when your world is shaken]
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Kent Annan tells an amazing story of courageous faith and soul-beating doubt in After Shock. The setting is the country of Haiti after the devastating earthquakes of over a year ago; the backdrop is perfect for the kind of faith-and-doubt journey that Annan leads the reader down. From the young man who barely escaped a [...]
the mini-fridge
I stand up and stretch my legs for a moment. I need to do it more often, because having a desk job like mine can easily result in poor circulation (causing a whole bunch of other health problems). Somehow I feel like staring at the computer monitor for too long is beginning to make me [...]
how haiti changed my life
The current challenge before me is to explain that in one post. Don’t think I can even begin to do it, so I’m making this a 3 part series. And I hope I can do it in that! Ha! It’s hard to know where to start in telling the story of my family’s story and [...]
let’s talk [a photoplay on conversation for @thehighcalling]
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One of my favorite activities with The High Calling network is PhotoPlay. The current project is on conversation. Claire Burge says, “Conversation is an art. Capturing it is also an art.” The challenge is to capture conversations using shared best practices, and then convert the photo to black and white (I believe to enhance the focus [...]
what about evil and suffering? [the God i don't understand]
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Who of us hasn’t asked why bad things happen to good people? We’re confronted with the marks of living in a fallen world every day, yet we struggle to understand why we have to deal with such pain and suffering. In the first part of The God I Don’t Understand: Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith, [...]
rocked by abandon for God [an interview with @aaronrgillespie]
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Aaron Gillespie is rock and roll to the core. He’s the former drummer for Underoath, and the current front man for The Almost. And now he has a new solo project out called Anthem Song. I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Aaron and talk with him about what inspired this new project, [...]
the other side of the island
Going to Haiti was difficult. Like crazy difficult. Most of us who’ve grown up in the United States just don’t have the capacity of truly understanding day to day life in Haiti… especially a post-earthquake Haiti. The people are beautiful, but broken in ways that many of us will never experience. The land is surrounded [...]
books, poverty, and marriage: [january 2011 top content]
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In an effort to better understand what’s bringing people to BibleDude.net (and what’s keeping them here), I’ve been looking at my Google Analytics a little closer. The list below represents the top 10 posts by pageviews during the month of January 2011. I notice a few interesting trends here… book review: aftershock by @kentannan (most [...]
@bibledude giveaway marathon [aftershock]
This book moved me. Deeply. I had the opportunity to review the book as a part of a project on faith and doubt over at Patheos, and Kent Annan reminded me why he’s one of my favorite authors. So I’m a little pumped to have an extra copy to give away today… After Shock: Searching [...]
book review: aftershock by @kentannan
I remember it like it was yesterday. I looked at the box in the pantry, and something inside me broke. Next thing I know, I’m on my knees crying harder than I ever remember crying in my life. My 17-month old son had been diagnosed just days prior with Juvenile Diabetes. My world was shattered and all [...]
day of small beginnings [guest post from @justapen]
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My wife is pregnant. I’m told I have a grin on my face people can see a couple hundred miles away. Now she’s not due until summer, and we’re still in the first trimester, but today is the day of small beginnings. I mean you don’t get much smaller than an embryo. Mustard seeds look pretty good in [...]
how to plan a [garage sale for orphans]
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Our family is pretty geeked about this year’s Christmas project! The needs of people in Haiti have been a special focus for us this year, and my son Samuel (the cute, red-headed one) really wanted to do something special for the kids down there. When I told him about a way that we could help [...]
the importance of play [guest post from @chrismarlow]
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Message from Dan King: This year for Christmas my seven year-old son wanted to do something special for someone less fortunate. And when we talked about the playground in Haiti project with Chris Marlow’s Garage Sale for Orphans, we knew it was exactly what we wanted to take on. You can read more about what [...]
all i want for Christmas…
My seven (and a half) year old son picked up the gift catalog from Heifer International and asked me what it was for. So I explained to him that people like us could buy things that people in very poor places need as a Christmas gift. And because they don’t have much, then buying a [...]
[the #haiti diaries] in nadine’s words
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Hi, my name is Nadine and Dan asked me to share with you all an overview of my thoughts about the Haiti trip!! Enjoy!! First of all I just want to praise God for all the lives He allowed us to touch and speak to while we were there!! As I was leaving for Haiti [...]
[the #haiti diaries] photo journal: destruction, seven months later
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For more from this trip, check out the #haiti diaries.
[the #haiti diaries] the face of hunger
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I’ve never seen such extreme hunger. It was a hot day. A really hot day. Our team just spent about two hours packed into a school bus to get here, and then boarded the rickety wooden boats to cross Lake Azuei to get to this village. It was isolated from civilization in more ways than [...]
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[the #haiti diaries] chanler’s poem
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There were many testimonies to share when our team returned from Haiti. What I love to see is the creative ways that various people find to express themselves. Some through their photography, others through writing/blogging their stories, and still others through poetry. Chanler is a young lady who was on our team who found her [...]
iron sharpens, umm… iron [how @thehighcalling sharpens me]
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I really love working with the crew at The High Calling Blogs! They make me better in more ways than one. I had an experience recently that really shows how amazing these guys are, and how much we can all benefit from being teachable and willing to listen and learn. As the Social Media Editor [...]
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#haiti mission twitter updates for 2010-08-15
NEW POST: #haiti mission twitter updates for 2010-08-14: – NEW POST: #haiti mission twitter… http://goo.gl/fb/RywTQ # We’re loading up the bus with our bags now. One stop at a church service and then we’re off to the airport. Hard to say goodbye… #haiti # It’s difficult to see some of the orphan boys tearing up [...]
