"Am I my brother's keeper?" (Gen 4:9) … [Read more...]
Advocacy: How to Handle Unexpected Media Attention (Page 2)
May 10, 2013 | 4 Comments
<--back to page one In our case, Time wasn’t necessarily advocating for anything, so the next most identifiable person or thing to that cover would have been the subjects on the cover. That, mixed with a subjective interpretation of the image created a modern-day witch hunt. Most took the tagline that accompanied the image as advocacy for a certain style of parenting, and they assumed that I would say my style of parenting is superior to mainstream society, which isn't true of my … [Read more...]
Clean Water For the First Time
May 8, 2013 | 4 Comments
I wanted to share this letter written by Sister Donna to Waves for Water. This trip taken by Jack Rose of Waves for Water would not have been possible without your donations. Read this and know you made it happen. December 17,2012 Dear Waves for Water, What a blessed thing happened when Jack Rose came in a world-wind trip to Ethiopia and Heartland. No idle tourist is he, not a beat or step in any direction except one, the bringing of, teaching about, workshop for, and installation of … [Read more...]
How to Be a Better Judgmental Person
May 2, 2013 | 2 Comments
Here are five steps to take to determine whether you are negatively judging someone without warrant. 1. Identify who or what is being threatened. Negative judgment is generally fear-based. Understanding what is causing the fear/threat is the first step in understanding and working through healthy judgment. For instance, strangers who followed the Casey Anthony trial may have judged her because they felt she was acquitted of murder even though she actually committed the crime. This … [Read more...]
New Study on Bullies and Bullying
April 30, 2013 | 1 Comment
Yahoo came out with an article about the new study in the Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect about bullying. The title of Yahoo's article was Study: Overprotective Parenting Can Lead to Bullied Children I found this article to be truthful, yet slightly sensational in approach...but I clicked on it, so 'mission accomplished,' Yahoo. And you know what? I'm glad that I did. I actually read the study. You can get it here. Quick notes from the study: Overprotective and maladaptive parenting= … [Read more...]
Respect in Humanitarian Work
April 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment
I love this definition of Philanthropy Wikipedia has: "Philanthropy etymologically means "love of humanity" in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, and enhancing "what it is to be human"—on both the benefactors' (by identifying and exercising their values in giving and volunteering) and beneficiaries' (by benefitting) parts. The most conventional modern definition is "private initiatives, for public good, focusing on quality of life."' -Wikipedia To embrace and support humanity, … [Read more...]
A Tribute to Nick More
April 24, 2013 | 4 Comments
It is with a heavy heart that we bring you the news we were just given from South Africa. We were hosted in South Africa by the More family. Nick, the eldest brother was CEO of Lion Sands Game Reserve and he and his brother, Rob, ran Lion Sands and the other resorts at which we stayed. Tragically, Nick was killed yesterday in a helicopter crash. The More family, from our first interaction with them almost two years ago, showed their kindness and open hearts to us. They are the real deal. I … [Read more...]
Why We Should Embrace the “Extreme Parenting” title
April 23, 2013 | 2 Comments
Probably before, but ever since Time Magazine’s “Mom Enough” cover came out, people have been labeling parenting practices that are similar to or in alignment with “attachment parenting” as extreme. Most of us laughed it off because there was a clear disconnect between what the families' lives were actually like in these "extreme parenting" scenarios and what society thought went on in their homes. It was (and still is) such a foreign concept to so many Americans, that the general … [Read more...]
Books for Children and Adults: Homosexuality
April 21, 2013 | 4 Comments
books on homosexualityHappy Sunday! Here are some of my picks for children's and adult books educating and celebrating same-sex relationships.Children's Books covering the topic of LGBT families (but also some touch on the topic of interracial families and adoption). <3 Gay Christian Reading: Strengthen or Evolve: Debate and Counterpoint Reading: books on homosexuality … [Read more...]
Light of Youth
April 20, 2013 | 3 Comments
Guard your light and protect it. Move it forward into the world and be fully confident that if we connect light to light to light, and join the lights together of the one billion young people in our world today, we will be enough to set our whole planet aglow. - Hafsat Abiola … [Read more...]
