I saw this over on Shaun Groves’ blog. It’s a little long, but please watch the whole thing. It is beautiful, heart-breaking and inspiring.
A friend of mine is going to Ethiopia this weekend, and since I have two Compassion kiddos there, he agreed to take gifts to them.
Have you ever tried to shop for a child in poverty. It’s an odd feeling. Knowing the money I was spending on trinkets was a month’s salary for their parents. But [...]
So, I posted a little while back about Compassion taking a group of bloggers to Uganda. I’ve been reading their blogs since they left, and y’all, it’s been incredible. I’ve laughed and I’ve cried…and most importantly, I have a renewed sense of what I’m doing at Compassion, and why I’m doing it.
I know that many [...]
Recently, I read an article about Mother Teresa in Time magazine, about her so-called “crisis of faith.” Since this story has been all over the place lately, I won’t really rehash it here. (You can read it in the above link, if you like.)
Since I read this article, I can’t stop thinking about it. [...]
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Don’t you hate it when you miss out on something really cool? Well, I don’t want you, my loyal reader(s) to miss out on this like I almost did.
If you look to the right, there’s a sidebar, called the 40 Day Fast. Each day, someone in that list is going to blog about a cause–something [...]
Last week, I almost had a panic attack in Target.
My cupboards were COMPLETELY bare, and eating stale potato chips for breakfast was getting old, so I decided to run to Target to pick up some groceries. As I pulled into the parking lot, I realized it was the first time I had gone shopping since [...]
I work for a ministry that serves children in poverty all around the world. More than 800,000 children in 24 countries. It’s an incredible ministry, and I love what I do.
But sometimes, it’s hard. Despite all that we do, children in our program still die. Every week, all the employees are given a prayer guide. [...]
*Note, I realize a lot of you have already read this. But when I looked back through old blogs, I realized I had never posted it. So, here goes!*
Let Us Not Make His Birth Common
Brandy Campbell
December 10, 2003
I love Christmastime. But as I sit here in my darkened living room, watching the lights on the [...]