Taking Care of Jesus
We are now in Holy Week. Toward the end of his life, Mary, sister of Martha, anointed Jesus’ feet. Here is her story. *** My mother’s sister, Ned, was eleven years older than she....
How Our Eyes Were Opened Got Its Name
Sometimes I’m asked about why I named my company Our Eyes Were Opened, Inc. Well, the Inc. part is just part of being a company. The name, Our Eyes Were Opened, however, has several...
What If…
How many times do we not act because we’re not sure of the outcomes? We may not get the numbers we were looking for, we may not succeed at all with the goal, we...
Are You a Thermostat or a Thermometer?
When I was cleaning up some files, I found this quote. I don’t know who said it or where I got it from. “Most people…are thermometers that record or register the temperature of majority...
Affordable Housing Can’t Be Found for Many
The National Low Income Housing Coalition just released a report about the shortage of affordable rental units for people who are deeply low income (DLI= household with income at or less than 15% of...
What I Have Learned
I have now facilitated the Poverty Simulation for more than 5000 people. These are a few of the things I have learned about the process…not the specific insights that people share in the debriefing...