Taking it to the street: The ONE Street Tweeter
One of the biggest creative challenges we face is finding ways to adequately express the spirit and strength of our amazing membership — And more than this, to maximize the impact of member voices to push for the positive changes we are all seeking to achieve. Combine this scenario with a message-saturated G8 Summit and you’ll understand why we’ve had …
Read MoreCharli XCX Silver Series Premiere “You’re The One”
Charli XCX came down to the riverfront to film with us in Austin, TX at SXSW in hopes of giving her fans a unique, intimate, acoustic performance while also shedding light on the crisis in Central Africa. Enjoy this magical experience and catch her live on tour with Coldplay and Santigold in a city near you. LOVE. KENNY. Filed under: …
Read MoreTargets and Grading – The Annual Report Card on Ending Homelessness in Ottawa
The Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa (ATEH) assigns grades mathematically, starting with the 2010 Report Card on Ending Homelessness in Ottawa, for these indicators: Affordable Housing, Housing Affordability, Homelessness (emergency shelter use), and Length of Stay in emergency shelter. ATEH uses the Annual Targets Table and the Indicator Table and compares gains or losses in one year. The data for …
Read MoreA Faith of Our Own—Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars
Our friend, Jonathan Merritt just came out with a new book: A Faith of Our Own—Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars. Like Blessed Earth, Jonathan is committed to creation care. Like us, he gets his marching orders from scripture. And like us, he is a believer in bridge building. I was particularly struck by this story in Jonathan’s new book: …
Read MoreThe House a Family Gift Built
Joyce is a single mother of seven in Tanzania. She describes life before our ministry, “To have full day’s meals to us would be a miracle worth celebration.” Two of her children, Raheli and Esther have sponsors. “Before being registered with Compassion, my life was difficult. We used to live in a mud house with weak roofing, and the house would …
Read MoreBiztopia Brings Additional Perspectives on Social Enterprise
This post in partnership with FedEx Every day, the GOOD Business Social Enterprise hub brings you the latest news and insights about the "impact economy"—the sector of business where for-profit companies solve pressing human, environmental and economic challenges. To help continue the conversation, GOOD has teamed up with FedEx to bring you Biztopia, a new interactive microsite that offers additional …
Read MoreA Time for Action for Victims of Human Trafficking
Compassion, as Henri Nouwen writes in one of my favorite books, is literally “suffering with.” It is joining in the suffering of others and extending Christ’s love to those facing distress. It is much easier, and is the way of the society that surrounds us, to avoid and remain ignorant of suffering. But the model Christ gives us in the …
Read MoreThe Top 10 Stories of May 9, 2012
Quote of the day. “If Mr. Mourdock is elected, I want him to be a good Senator. But that will require him to revise his stated goal of bringing more partisanship to Washington. He and I share many positions, but his embrace of an unrelenting partisan mindset is irreconcilable with my philosophy of governance …” – Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) …
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading: Global Fund’s 2-year grant cycle ‘better than expected’
Global Fund’s 2-year grant cycle ‘better than expected’ – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced plans to spend $1.67 billion in the next two years on health grants, including $1 billion for new projects. The two-year, “’better than expected’ funding cycle was made possible by money from new donors, a hike in contributions from existing donors …
Read MoreLearning to Conserve Water
People in Kashiram Nagar, India struggle for water every day. However, they were not thinking about conserving the water they did have. They were unintentionally wasting water in their daily lives by not utilizing it well. Then on World Water Day 2012, a program through Water.org’s partner, ESAF, changed that. Read full original post.
Read MoreKim II-Sung’s birthday party
North Korea is another important issue of global justice and an endless source of fascination. A pro-skater named Patrik Wallner filmed a video while he was there during the 100 year anniversary of the Great Leader & eternal president Kim II-Sung’s birthday. If you think anyone has ever thrown you a big party, think again. At my next birthday I’m …
Read MoreThe Goodness of God
It was nearly three years ago when my then 18-year-old son became a paraplegic due to a surgical error. I still remember, in the instant we were told the tragic news, I was immediately given two thoughts: “We are going to be OK” and “I only know this because I know that the Lord is, above all things, good.” This …
Read MoreRob Bell: ‘Surrender the Outcomes’
How do you step out and take a risk — as a pastor, as an artist, as a parent, as a person — when the job description of a pioneer or a vanguard comes with the assurance of persecution? “Surrender the outcomes,” Rob Bell told the audience at his intimate gathering, Two Days with Rob Bell, in Southern California on …
Read MoreAmazing Africa: Photos from a jet-setting ONE member
I am so excited to share with you today the work of one of your fellow ONE members, Ahtziri Gonzalez. Ahtziri is a 22-year-old photographer from Mexico City who — according to her blog — “travels… parties… writes… lives,” and above all, takes some beautiful photography. She emailed me 10 of her best photos from Africa, and they’re just stunning. …
Read MoreDiscovered: Wooster Collective
What’s ours is yours – so when we find cool things, we like to share them with you. Recently found: Wooster Collective, a website dedicated to pictures of street art found around the world. The art submitted is anything from wall murals to creative art projects to videos. They vary from extreme to innovative to ridiculous. There are some better-known …
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