Perspectives

/30 Aug 2018

To Be Lionhearted – Why It Matters

Our August focus, “To Be Lionhearted,” profiled some powerful stories of individuals who moved forward unflinchingly to improve lives, even at great risk – and gathered entire communities of lionhearts along the journey.

/23 Aug 2018

Lionhearted Women Focus On A Powerful Purpose of Good – in Spite of Fear

In this month's podcast, Travis talks with Whitney Conner Clapper about her experience in Afghanistan in 2013 shooting the documentary, “Afghan Cycles.”

/03 Aug 2018

Lionhearts Remove Fear And Ignorance

Euphrates Chapter Leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced this first hand when he organized a concert for people with albinism and non-albinos. Discrimination towards those with albinism is prevalent in the DRC, as ignorance perpetuates the belief that albinism is a curse.

/01 Aug 2018

To Be Lionhearted

To be lionhearted in living your spiritual nature moves you forward, regardless of opposition or resistance or struggle. All of our communities – our humanity, really – need more lionhearted spirituality lived today.

/29 Jul 2018

The Ever-Expanding Room At The Table!

What a surprising and fulfilling month has been our “Room At The Table” month! We’ve seen how the animating and compelling motive to include others in the bounty of spiritual qualities one has to share can lead to wonderful, life-affirming discoveries.

/17 Jul 2018

Bigger Than Baseball: “Love Is Always Stronger Than Hate”

Consider this challenge from Chicago Cubs prospect Chris Singleton... He wants you to take a smiling photo with someone who looks different than you are. Singleton's hope is that you'll discover the two of you are not that different underneath.

/14 Jul 2018

Widening our family circle

Since January I have begun to teach German to two groups of refugees – one class includes six young men from Eritrea, and the other is a husband and wife from Afghanistan. Each of them has a special place in my heart.

/11 Jul 2018

“Room-At-The-Table” Is An Action-Verb, Thai-Style!

“Room at the Table” isn’t passive – it isn’t enough to prepare a table and have a ready, empty chair...and wait. No, sometimes it means that you have to give all that you have to give – love, talent, skill, courage, conviction – to go out and bring the people in.