“I’m not going to be your friend any more!” My daughter, four, is rolling away from me, her platinum hair a tangled veil as she kicks her legs to fend off the pants I am trying to pull up her squirming legs. “I know you’re upset that you can’t play with your Legos anymore, but it’s time...

Richard Dahlstrom is the first to admit that his story is not one of those faith-making tales of abuse or addiction and God’s eventual redemption.  It’s the story of growing up in the proverbial healthy Christian home where the norm was baseball games, good grades and Saturday night spaghetti....

[Editor's Note:  This piece originally ran last year at Relevant online.] I used to hate Mother’s Day. The mylar balloons, the pink cards, the stories on everyone’s lips about their plans for taking their mom out to eat or to a movie. They all seemed to taunt me in a sing-song voice: look what...

Many of us have reached the saturation point when it comes to the needs of the world.  I know I have.  Several years ago I had so much fire in my belly about how to change the world, how to make a difference, how to stave off apathy.  But despite all my effort, the world didn’t seem to change...

All through college I was bombarded with images and ads like this, showing how much (and how many) people around the world were suffering.  And the response was to feel guilty, give something up so I could give something away, and do the right thing: send some money.  Maybe this was your experience,too. For...

I’ve said it already.  Extensively.  But some things bear repeating. There’s been an explosion on the development blogs regarding Jason Sadler’s proposal to send one million used (but decent!) t-shirts to Africa.  Apparently, Sadler runs a site called I Wear Your Shirt, built on...

Imagine that the dome of the White House had fallen in on itself. Or a disaster hit of such magnitude that nearly everyone west of the Mississippi was affected. This is what happened in Haiti last night.  The presidential building collapsed in on itself when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island....

10. Local Food Banks We’ve experienced two recessions in the 2000s, and the second is the worst Americans have seen in decades.  This has meant that even more people rely on food banks to meet their daily needs as unemployment rises and incomes stagnate and fall.  The USDA’s recent figures...

10.  Bono Bono, the rock-star-turned-humanitarian, has been speaking truth to power since 1999.  He has achieved near honorary statesman status and has influenced many heads of state.  Since 2002 he has become increasingly involved in campaigning for third-world debt relief and raising awareness...

Some attempts at justice are better than others. Bono stood on the stadium’s stage, a briefcase in his hand. This is what I remember he said, “In a few hours I will be taking this briefcase to Gleneagles Hotel, and turning it over to the leaders of the countries you represent.  Inside they will...