Last month, my friend Vince Giordano led a HopeChest mission trip to India. While there, he met with women trapped in brothels who graciously offered to buy soda for their guests while they chatted about life. He walked down constricted corridors–barely shoulder width apart–where heat permeated every space. Rape for profit took place behind every…

Mark Twain liked to say there were three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Let’s look at three well-cited statistics… 27 million slaves 145 million orphans 1.1 billion without clean drinking water These statistics are paradoxically important and meaningless.  Important because there is a staggering breadth, depth, and inter-connectivity between these issues. Meaningless…

Now that the 2010 World Cup is over and Spain has taken the top prize, I wanted to reflect a little bit on my experience. These thoughts were recorded on June 25, 2010… On the one hand, South Africans have so much pride in the fact that they are hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.…

This is simply heartbreaking. Our prayers are with the families of those who have lost ones through this act of terror, including Nate Henn who worked with Invisible Children. As an organization, we have suspended travel until after the elections. It’s hard to believe that people are evil enough to bomb innocent civilians who have gathered together…

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