We spend the majority of our daily waking hours at work. Sometimes work seems like all we do. The endless cycle can be daunting, exhausting, or boring. We...
When you have a master’s degree in economics, you get excited when you find economic concepts in unexpected places. Not everyone shares your enthusiasm. Case in point: the...
Do you long for a better world? Would you like to see the many wrongs around you made right? Do you wish everyone lived in a world of...
A few years ago, I sat down with Tony Casson, founder of Mission Muffins, a ministry of a D.C. men’s homeless shelter called the Central Union Mission. Mission...
Tearfund is a U.K.-based nonprofit that works with poor communities across the globe. They understand that there is more to poverty than just material needs. They approach poverty...
In the heart of Richmond, VA, looms Gilpin Court, a housing project 783 units large. I grew up in a suburb west of Richmond. If I was planning...
In a 2013 blog, David Spickard, former president and CEO of Jobs for Life ( JfL) discusses how jobs can serve the neediest in our communities. He tells...
I sat across from Tony Casson, the founder of the Mission Muffins workforce ministry. We were in a small coffee shop in downtown Washington, D.C. As we jumped...
As you experience Thanksgiving this week with friends and family, both the joys and challenges, it is a great reminder that we are all made for community. We...
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