Real Sustainable Impact
The Significance of Insignificant Acts
Part I – Schoolyard Graffiti
Part II – Escaping Death
The Beginning of Sorrows In Part I of this blog, Schoolyard Graffiti: The Beginning of War, I told the harrowing story of one family and their journey to escape death. They were lucky to make it out alive, but “life” in the war-torn borderlands is extremely difficult. Ripped from their homes, families, communities and everything they’ve known, …
The 1,000 Step Story
Many refugees were part of thriving middle-class communities in some of the oldest cities in the world prior to the war; a war that doesn’t discriminate. I meet doctors and lawyers and even millionaires who share their journey of becoming refugees, almost overnight. In this blog I won’t disclose names or details that may put …
Simple Acts Become Transformational
Art makes me happy. It’s messy and unpredictable. It’s fascinating to see friends with real talent bring inspired images to life, expressing imagination with seemingly little effort. Some seem to create beauty out of nothing. It’s not fair. When I was a kid I spent hours on those paint-by-number water color kits, strictly following the …
Celebrating Volunteers
I’ve discovered an invaluable secret – listen to what’s in your heart and pursue it with all you have. Yes, it’s taken me 50 years and it’s not always easy. Some days I’m tempted to think – “I got this,” while other days I just pray I don’t look like a fool! I read a …
How to Avoid Growing Weary in Well-Doing
Do you ever wonder where you are going to eat your next meal or where you will sleep tonight? I have never experienced that fear, but it often enters my mind these days. I woke up a few weeks ago to a desperate message from one of our partners in Lebanon begging for any help …