Empowering Youth
I started volunteering with Empowering Youth in Cambodia at the end of September. After finishing the CELTA course, we decided to come back to Cambodia for a few months and volunteer. Back in Fort Collins, I had taken a few online classes with Village Earth, an NGO that supports and trains those doing community development [...]
To Cambodia and Beyond
After spending the last 7 years in Fort Collins working at a small Internet company, and volunteering at a nonprofit coffee house, I’m going to be moving overseas. I spent 8 months living and working in New Zealand back in 2003-2004. After that, I felt content to not travel, and was okay with the idea [...]
Faith [and] Doubt
I’m reading a book of that title by John Ortberg that was recommended to me awhile back by someone online. I wasn’t sure I wanted to read to the book, but gave it a go. Then, to begin chapter 3, he quoted Madeleine L’Engle, and then I knew it was a good book. I’ve written [...]
Africa, Part 4: The [Prosperity] Gospel
Growing up Pentecostal, I am all too familiar with the tangent known as The Prosperity Gospel. It sells well on TV in the US. It also has made inroads into many non-western countries, like Uganda. Christians make up 85% of Uganda’s population. I heard Christian music on the radio while waiting at the bank. I [...]
The Line between Success and Failure
It’s thin, and often comes down to perspective. What is failure, exactly? Before delving in, this is where I say that this post is not an attempt at being objective, but is more the personal variety. I’ve been putting myself more on the line of late. It can be scary to step out, knowing you [...]
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