this week we chat with ideation strategist, networker, and compassionary, Charles Lee. Charles shares his story along with his passion and heart for compassion and justice. Charles is the founder of Ideation, a consultancy that specializes in branding, marketing, social media, and event development. he is also a founding member of JustOne, a NPO committed [...]

NPR shared a memorial about Donald Bordelon this morning. A man reporters met while covering the tragedy in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Each time we called — before Mardi Gras, on Thanksgiving, on Katrina’s anniversaries — Donald and Colleen were at home. Only once did we speak with them when they were out of [...]

this week, Thomas continues his chat with fellow Salvationist, Pernell Goodyear. Pernell is a pastor, writer, speaker, coach, trainer, artist, musician, designer, husband, dad, and friend in downtown Hamilton, Ontario. he heads a holistic Christian community, The Freeway in Hamilton, in one of Canada’s most under-resourced communities. be sure and listen to part one of [...]

Brian McLaren has a new book coming out shortly and Spencer Burke’s already talking to him about it… In the book, A New Kind of Christianity, Brian lays out 10 questions people seem to be wrestling with universally. The questions include: The Narrative Question: What Is the Overarching Storyline of the Bible? The Authority Question: [...]

this week, Thomas talks with fellow Salvationist, Pernell Goodyear. Pernell is a pastor, writer, speaker, coach, trainer, artist, musician, designer, husband, dad, and friend in downtown Hamilton, Ontario. he heads a holistic Christian community, The Freeway in Hamilton, in one of Canada’s most under-resourced communities. Pernell talks about the Freeway and some of their projects, [...]

The following groups are on the ground and offering relief after the earthquake in Haiti yesterday. Disasters Emergency Committee (UK): www.dec.org.uk One Day’s Wages: onedayswages.org Salvation Army (US): salvationarmy.org Haiti Reborn: quixote.org/haiti

this week we talk with jonathan merritt, a blogger, faith and culture writer and founder of the southern baptist environment and climate initiative. jonathan shares how he became an environmentalist in a conservative southern baptist seminary and how God has shown him the importance of caring for all of creation. merritt is also the author [...]

i am not for sale. you are not for sale. no one should be for sale. january is national human trafficking awareness month. a time for each of us to not only educate ourselves about the issues of modern slavery, but to raise awareness to our friends and family members and to do what we [...]