by Sandra Heska King | May 7, 2013 | for reflection, haiti, missions, PRAY, SERVE
[serialposts]They mother the motherless, the mamas in this orphan village. The team that traveled to Jeremie, Haiti, the month before us went specifically to love on them. The photo of women washing the feet of women who wash feet nearly undid me. These mamas carry...
by Amy L. Sullivan | Nov 29, 2012 | poverty, SERVE
I know a teenager who is destitute. The same girl steals. Of course she does. That’s what happens when you lack everything. So when it came time to divvy extra Christmas cash, this girl did not make the cut. While others offered up her name, I shook my head....
by Dan King | Nov 6, 2012 | activist faith, haiti, poverty, SERVE
[serialposts] “No education, no future. With education, dreams come true!” I discovered these words scribbled in chalk on a door while visiting a very poor community during a recent mission trip. It’s a statement that’s stuck with me as...
by Dan King | Sep 5, 2012 | activist faith, haiti, missions, orphan care, poverty, SERVE
[serialposts]I feel like I just woke up from one of those awesome dreams… you know the kind, when you wish you didn’t wake up. And in that moment of fogginess you’re not sure what’s reality and what’s part of the dream. So you spend a...
by Crystal Rowe | Aug 30, 2012 | activist faith, engaged in culture, ministry, outreach, poverty, SERVE
immersion: a state of being deeply engaged or involved; being absorbed by. I see them every time I drive to church. On park benches, in shady corners, on church steps. In alleyways, on street corners, under bridges. So often I turn my eyes the other way so as to not...
