Last night I was captivated by two speakers at the Compassion International appreciation banquet. Both men began their lives in hopeless social, spiritual, and physical poverty. But they didn’t stay there. People they had never met lived out two principles that changed these boys lives and as a result, changed the lives of thousands of other children. A 23 year …
Something better than excellence!
I am on a bus headed for a Compassion project in Fortaleza, Brazil. Marco, a handsome, tanned man with wispy white hair has just boarded the bus. Marco has labored on the behalf of poor children in Brazil for 27 years. He talks so fast the interpreter can barely keep up. In broken English and with a face creased with …
God’s feet are on the ground in Haiti
After watching the news over the past several days, I turned to my wife Diane last night and said, “The world is watching the church in action.” Thousands of believers who were themselves suffering personal loss are serving the poor in Haiti. Many have been there for years making a difference even before the earthquake struck. The efforts of these …