How Can My Church Respond to Human Trafficking?
by decarter
As a grassroots person involved in local abolitionist stuff, I have been asked how a local church can get involved. Here is a little graphic that summarizes the key ways I’ve seen effective local engagement with the issue of Human…
The Idea Camp That Dared: Reflection on #icsex
by decarter
I have volunteered at every Idea Camp (except the pre-Exponential one in Orlando) that Charles Lee was gracious enough to let me get near. I’ve been deeply challenged to change my world, address social justice issues, be present with my…
Jabba the Christian
by decarter
The image is emblazoned in my mind.
Way back in 1970-whatever, the movie “The Empire Strikes Back” introduces the world to a huge, reptilian corpulence called Jabba the Hutt who has a grudge against Han Solo. (My husband remembers him as…
Late Night Talks
by decarterIt happened again.
The boys finally collapse into their beds and my 12yo daughter asks me to chat with her while she drifts off to sleep. I am exhausted. Spent. And tremendously honored.
An invite to talk about one’s day from…
Kid-Sized Bites of Truth
by decarterI’ve always been a translator. A bridger-of-worlds. Maybe it was growing up in a two-culture home, where the ability to switch gears was part of surviving. Don’t know where it came from, I just do it. A lot.
Well, one of…
Intricate Insides
by decarter
Geo•ode, [jee-ohd] A small, hollow, usually rounded rock lined on the inside with inward-pointing crystals. Geodes form when mineral-rich water entering a cavity in a rock undergoes a sudden change in pressure or temperature, causing crystals to form from the…
Yard Crashers
by decarter
Recently discovered a show on DIY Network that I just love to watch. For those not familiar, it is called Yard Crashers and the host of the show, Ahmed Hassan trolls home improvement stores and selects a random person to go…
Word Cloud: Book of Galatians
by decarter
I’ll admit it. I’m a nerd.
I love stuff like data visualization, GIS and because I’m a person of faith, I think online Bibles rock.
Here’s a nifty site called Wordle that visualizes your text for you, based on frequency of word appearances.
I was able…
Riding for Freedom
by decarter
I still remember being introduced to International Justice Mission almost 8 years ago.
A dear friend, Heather, was just finishing up her degree at Biola. We had her over for dinner one night and she showed us a Dateline video (gasp,…
My Top 5 Resources I Use in Anti-Trafficking Efforts
by decarterA Twitter friend, Seth Haines (@motherletter) just asked “what resources are you using these days in the fight against modern day slavery?”
I thought I’d put a few of these resources out there because:
A) My answer was more than 140 characters…
