“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” ~ Billy Graham Courage is contagious. When coupled with compassion and selfless love, courage is a powerful contagion that distinguishes the authentic philanthropist…
“BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME!” USING FILM TO HELP THE HOMELESS OVERCOME THE NIMBY OF ESTRANGEMENT
“Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted. And…
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TENT-LESS-NESS: THE MALADY OF A HOMELESS HEART
“Nothing ever happens in the world that does not happen first inside human hearts.” ~ Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson once went on a camping trip. After enjoying a day of relaxation, they pitched their…
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THE CANVAS OF LOVE: ART THERAPY FOR THE HOMELESS
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas Merton During World War II, the Dutch artist, Han van Meegeren, sold priceless art masterpieces worth more than half a billion dollars in today’s currency,…
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SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP: TRANSFIGURING THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION (Part 8)
“Let justice run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.” ~ Amos 5:24 Pitcairn is a South Pacific island that was made famous by a group of mutineers that landed on its volcanic shores in the late 18th…
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“AMERICA . . . WE HAVE A PROBLEM!”: DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS
“There are 552,830 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in America. Thirty-three percent (33%) are families with children. Forty-eight percent (48%) are unable to work.” ~ The National Alliance to End Homelessness (2018) The nineteenth year of the 21st…
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ACQUIRE THE FIRE! TRANSFIGURING THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION (Part 7)
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ~ William Butler Yeats The sole survivor of a storm-battered shipwreck prayed feverishly for rescue from the prison of his uninhabited South Pacific Island. After days…
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THE VOICE OF THE ARGONAUT: LENTEN MEDITATIONS FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS
“Some people say Casablanca or Citizen Kane. I say Jason and the Argonauts is the greatest film ever made.” ~ Tom Hanks On Saturday, February 23rd, a preacher named Mindar gave an historic speech on the Heart Sutra, a key…
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UNFREEZING THE PANTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION: DEALING WITH THE VORTEX OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACEDIA
“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt The polar vortex is a large upper-level zone of cold air that hovers over the northern artic region of the globe during the…
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PHILANTHRO-PAIDEIA: TEACHING ALTRUISM TO YOUTH
“There is a lad here, with five barley loaves, and two small fishes. But what are they among so many?” ~ John 6:9 Who will be the next generation of philanthropists? Where will they come from? Will they emerge on…
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