On April 21, I facilitated a poverty simulation for 146 students at Hartsville High School. Here are some of the comments from the students: I think that the most successful part was learning how...
The gift of Uncharted Journey continues to amaze me because of the hunger that people express for the kinds of things that I have learned and want to share. People who go through all...
On Saturday, April 18, I led a day-long retreat about Uncharted Journey. The event was hosted by Buncombe Street UMC Women but included women from other congregations as well as one or two from...
Growth is part of the three legs that undergirds our uncharted journeys of life’s transitions. (The other two are letting go and loss.) James Hollis in Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life...
Loss is part of any transition in life. We lose our status as a single person or a coupled person. We lose our smooth skin, our ability to name all the presidents of the...
Elizabeth Watson said, “Sometimes we must leave our fixed abode and become sojourners in uncertainty. We need to learn that no place, however hallowed in our memories, is more holy than any other.” When...
When I began the process about a year ago that has taken on life as Uncharted Journey, I began reading and reading and reading. I discovered things that I’m sure that others have known...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
With our area’s ice, sleet, snow, and below normal temperatures, many things have come to a halt. Schools, childcare facilities, medical practices, businesses, service organizations, and churches have been closed or opened only for...
Are you a social capitalist? I’m not asking you if you are a socialist or a capitalist. I’m asking, “Are you a social capitalist?” Social Capital is the value of social networks and norms...
Have you ever heard of corporate social responsibility? I first read about it in 2007 but it continues to resonate with me. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is “contributing to sustainable development by working to...
A recent report released by the Children’s Defense Fund reported that one in five children in this country is poor (12.2 million children) In South Carolina, more than 1 in 4 (26.9 percent) were...
God of Love, February 14 is the day for lovers. May couples find pleasure in being together and sharing tokens of affection. For those without a person to love deeply and to be loved...
Sometimes life just throws you a curve ball. You are expecting certain schedules, happenings, relationships. Your well-considered plans simply cannot materialize. The weather may not allow you to go on the hike or bike...
Number of Low Income Students GrowingIn South Carolina, 58 Percent of Students are Low Income The number of low income students is growing nationwide according to a new research bulletin by the Southern Education Foundation...
