This week we are going to follow the lead of Stephen Colbert (dangerous perhaps, but likely humorous). On Thursday’s The Colbert Report, the guest was N.T. Wright talking about his book Surprised by Hope (which Colbert claims may be Hillary Clinton’s next book title). Wright is an Anglican Bishop in England and is writing about [...]

Category: Artifacts
A story from Rwanda
As we speak Tim Hartman and another Next Gen participant are at the Amahoro Gathering in Rwanda. Tim sent an encouraging story. Last year while in Uganda with Amahoro he met Mirielle who started and ran a clothing business.
Here’s the story: One of my personal highlights of the day was during the [...]
Growing Herbs?
I’ve really felt encouraged and inspired to find new ways of “living responsibly”- thanks for letting me learn from everyone’s great ideas! Since we live in a 5th floor apartment, a garden isn’t really an option. However, when I went to the farmer’s market last weekend I came home with a new spice [...]
Earth Share
Another great website. You may have even mentioned it before, but if you click on “Tips by Season” or “Tips by Topic” there are a lot of really great ideas! http://www.earthshare.org/get_involved/earth_saving_tips.html#by_season
Baltimore Free Store
I don’t know too much about this, other than the website appears to fit in perfectly with our recent conversations: http://freestorebaltimore.org/Home.html
Anyone know more?
CNN’s Compassion Forum
So I watched CNN’s Compassion Forum on Sunday night (if you missed it, it’s on YouTube), as I watched my mind was going a mile-aminute. The format was CNN’s Campbell Brown and Newsweek’s Jon Meacham (along with various faith-leaders in the audience) asked 45 minutes of questions related to faith, the world, and the [...]

