Zephaniah was a prophet – a man sent by God to deliver a message to God’s people. The message he brings is bad news. And the very best. God’s people have been worshiping cows and other gods and goddesses made of stone and metal (again). They have plenty to share… Read More
“Nothing can seem extraordinary until you have discovered what is ordinary.” ― C.S. Lewis, Miracles This is the sixteenth Compassion Bloggers trip. The very first was in 2008! Man, time flies. Thousands of children have been sponsored since then because hundreds of thousands have read our posts from around the… Read More
I’m headed to Kenya tomorrow with Compassion Bloggers! I was in Kenya 7 years ago. Many of you followed along then. Remember when I met a boy named Eliud? He was 18 then, orphaned, living in a house made of wood and cardboard, in the second largest slum in all… Read More
For years I traveled the world with (mostly) women I met on the internet. I oversaw Compassion Bloggers – taking groups of great writers overseas to see the ministry of Compassion International and then write about it in hopes of seeing thousands of children sponsored. Most of the bloggers I… Read More
They call him Pastor Amon. He’s 13 years old and the “spiritual leader” at Compassion child development center UG561 in the heart of the Katwe slum in Kampala, Uganda. Today this pint-sized preacher stepped on stage to say thank you. And I so wished you were there. Because he wasn’t… Read More
This won’t be an easy post to read. It’s even harder to write. Jeff and I walked from the church… through crowds of cute… beside and across streams flowing with more waste than water… through the narrow passages of the Katwe slum… to Sarah’s house. Last door on the right.… Read More
Shaun Groves