It is not fair, it is not reasonable, it is not right. Where does all this come from? These are the fruits of sickness and dysfunction. These are the fruits of abuse and poverty. The question becomes … What do I do with what I have experienced? What do I do with what I am…
Read more...Rape after rape, count seventeen children later as a result… This world has gone crazier than crazy. When I talk about this, you casually tell me you are outraged! Let me ask you: ‘you outraged? that ain’t how outraged people show up! that is not how outraged people talk, that is not how outraged people…
Read more...Critical Carefrontation: Self-management Practices Desiring to be at peace with people is a good thing Use conflict as an opportunity to serve others Encourage good practice by personal example Deal only with issues that are too important to overlook Overlook minor offenses Guard your attitude from negative thinking Helpful conflict management thinking “It is my…
Read more...Overwhelmed by her domestic chores and responsibilities which has become too much for her to endure, a young lady, Joliatta who is only 22 yeas of age decided to forcefully share her marital duty to her younger sister, Amina, 10 years old with her husband. Amina was living with her sister Joliatta in the town…
Read more...Find ways to discover and safely discuss the “un-discussable”. Create space to see from another person’s point of view Create space to listen Create space to wonder Create space to explore Create space to discover Create space to risk Helpful conflict management “It is my intention to provoke your thinking.” “It is not my intention…
Read more...Helpful conflict management “Conflict is not bad – badly managed conflict is bad – but worst of all is to deny space for conflict to surface.” Find ways to discover and safely discuss the “undiscussable”. Self management Practices Desiring to be at peace with people is a good thing Use conflict as an opportunity to…
Read more...Child, in 18 years you will understand that for twenty-seven cents a meal, I and all my friends have been investing in your life and that of many more! I am determined that this year, 100,000 children can receive the greatest gift anyone can give: a life with a future and a hope. For this…
Read more...We hear people speaking about the “silent” treatment in their relationship. I wonder if you have ever experience the power of silence in creating drama, destabilizing relationship and fostering a culture of fear and distrust. The silent treatment can be a very destructive behavior when it involves personal relationships. It breeds bitterness and anger on…
Read more...I need God’s grace; I crave His perspective of things below the heavens, and tremble when his presence becomes manifest. I wonder how to live close enough to what is important and how to attend to what is most important to the Lord our Father, without feeding anything that is not most conductive to elevated…
Read more...Perspective “People do not see the world as it is – they see it as they are. A leader needs a broader view.” From the movie Anna and the King “… Since our interpretations hinge on our expectations, beliefs, and values, our internal world is as important as what is outside – sometimes more so,…
Read more...Dear friends! Hello to all you who care for the poor. Once more, on behalf of the Bridges of Hope Ministry Team and myself, I would like to express our sincere gratitude for your continued commitment to breaking the yoke of poverty from the shoulders of children around the world. I just returned from a…
Read more...Took time to muse about Professor Philip Zimbardo. Here he is speaking about how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world. A very interesting commentary on our civilization. Please let me know…
Read more...Traditions… Because of our traditions, we’ve kept our balance for many, many years. And because of our traditions, every one of us knows who he is and what God expects him to do. – Words from a fiddler on the roof: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdfX7ut8gw&fs=1&hl=en_US] Hum…. I wonder what we might need to learn from the people of…
Read more...Happy New Year! May this year be for each a season of “Goodwill” to ALL people at ALL places(Luke 2:14). I champion to deliberately find every excuse to extend the generosity, profoundly over-extending goodwill to ALL As the African Philosophy of Ubuntu teaches us, “I am what I am because of who we all are.”…
Read more...While farming, my husband was out on his tractor in the field when he accidentally ran over a partridge. She was killed, but left behind was a nest with her eggs. He thought the kids would enjoy seeing the nest, so he brought it back to the shop. Days later, after having forgotten about it…
Read more...There is a rampant and exceedingly high deficit of patience on the hill where I live. This deficit seems to be easily exploited by an ever clever class of marketing specialists and I wonder if they are hiring our pshychologists to work on their behalf to exploit this deficit and profit from it through feeding…
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