At the end of every Compassion blogging trip I lead the bloggers in a time of “debriefing.” It helps us process what we’ve experienced, get some of the nasty destructive thoughts and emotions out and begin thinking about how we’ll re-enter a society that hasn’t been where we’ve been. Last… Read More
I speak on behalf of Compassion International more than a hundred times a year. I feel like I’ve heard a million different questions regarding Compassion and poverty. A handful of them though are in heavy rotation. I’m in Kenya right now on Compassion International’s fifth blogging trip! And those same… Read More
Eliud is eighteen. An orphan for ten years, he lives alone in a home made of cardboard, wood and corrugated metal. It’s eight feet long, five and a half feet high and six feet deep. Because of a sponsor named Nick in Northern California, Eliud has enough – but you… Read More
My first job was painting miniature wooden ducks for a mail order duck of the month business. Seriously. I was fourteen and just sat around watching game shows and Oprah that summer with a paintbrush in hand. Then there was Chick-fil-A. Because, well, I love Christian chicken and having Sundays… Read More
I rode across Africa on a camel today. Across this ancient land where God likely breathed the first breath into man. I traversed it the way noble chiefs and princes once did. You can see for miles from such heights. Miles of majestic plains dotted with gazelles and zebras and… Read More
One girl occasionally petted my head, trying to get my Pentecostal hair to lay down. The rest of the groupies peppered me with questions. I felt like an oddity in a sideshow – Like siamese twins or the snake boy, a giant white stickman from across the ocean is quite… Read More
Shaun Groves