The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests… 
Archive for November 2011
When What We Plant Together Grows
Being Found
I sat down to write this morning and decided I have no better words than these…
I was 20 when I became Katherinne’s sponsor. I was an idealist college student with a little spending money from my grandparents, a part-time job in the bowling alley, and really no sense of budgeting. But I had experienced poverty… 
Headed To Ecuador With Some Women I Met Online
“So what do you do with Compassion exactly?” asked the only other man at the all-ladies blogging conference I spoke at over the weekend.
I explained.
“So…you travel around the world…with mostly women…you met on the internet,” he clarified.
“Yep. That’s pretty much it I guess. It sounds a lot less creepy in the official job description though.”
Once… 
Helloveen
(from left to right: Troy Polamalu, Spiderman, Justin Bieber, Cleopatra)
“What is Helloveen, Dad?”
“Well…Sambhaji will dress up like Spiderman. All the kids will dress up. We’ll go for a walk and people will give us candy.”
An eruption of laughter – “Nooooooooo!”
“Yes, I promise!” I said. “Really! Go for a walk and get candy.”
“Nooooooooo! What is… 


