As the 5th anniversary of the 2010 Haiti earthquake rolls around in a week and a half, the cover of yesterday’s USA Today gives a reminder of why we shouldn’t forget about Haiti in our efforts to love the most vulnerable. The articled entitled “Impoverished Haiti Still on Shaky Ground”, which can be read in […]
Positioning White Privilege to Where We Actually Can Talk About it
When we hear the word “racist,” we think of KKK members, the “N-word”, or the recent comments made by Clippers owner Donald Sterling. A racist is someone who doesn’t like people of other races. Typically in America it has been seen as a white person who doesn’t like black people. When the topic of white […]
We raised $____ at the Lansing for Haiti 5K!
We had 331 runners and raised
What drives me nuts about organizing the Lansing for Haiti 5K
Our 4th annual Lansing for Haiti 5K run/walk is coming up on January 11th, 2014 (Shameless Plug: Click for info & to sign up! Doggy Division, Yeti Mascot, & No Race Fee this year–you can’t beat that!) We had 301 runners last year and hope to top that this year. 100% of our proceeds go […]
Pray for the Congo and for those on the front lines of relief
I’m an advocate for not becoming overwhelmed by the amount of social justice needs in the world, and feeling like we can solve them all. I am also an advocate for being aware (and not apathetic) of what is going on in the world and supporting and praying for those on the front lines as […]
Social Justice Burning You Out? Stop Trying to Change the World.
In my review of Ken Wytsma‘s book Pursuing Justice, I talk about how after a zealous start of caring about social justice issues, I went through a period of burnout. Burnout that was due to the overwhelming number of different types of horrible things in the world, the overwhelming reach each of these issues had, […]