Global Food Crisis Day.   In partnership with radio stations, media, churches and bloggers, Compassion International is working to spread the word about the Global Food Crisis.  We hope to raise both awareness and funds to feed those who are most critically impact...

A common theme in our church says that "We are blessed to be a blessing."  Our lead pastor, Glen Elliott, preached again, this morning, about being blessed.  So often, when someone says, "I've been blessed," or "God has really blessed me," the person is ...

Compassion friend Juli recently added a post titled "Leave some for the poor," over at Sheep Droppings, and she really got my mind to whirring.  You should read her post, and when you do, you need to take a really good look at the faces of the children holding the plates.  I...

I’m torn. Most of us love receiving gifts and now that we’re into the Christmas season our thoughts go to giving and receiving. I’ve got to be honest and say that I’d love to get lots of exciting gifts this Christmas but while I’m being honest I also have to admit that ...

Today is the final day of FAST for FOOD which has run throughout November and is a response to the Global Food Crisis that is threatening millions of lives. If this is the first you’ve heard of this initiative of Compassion you can read my earlier posts. Every 7 Seconds … and FAST for FOOD Expla...

We’re now into the third week of FAST for FOOD which runs throughout November and is a response to the Global Food Crisis that is threatening millions of lives. If this is the first you’ve heard of this initiative of Compassion you can read my earlier posts. Every 7 Seconds … and FAST for ...

I sit here, eating my breakfast as I type, while people are starving to death.  I've been on the attack--at times, only half-heartedly--against my creeping weight gain and winning only very slowly, so I have a hard time understanding what that must be like.  I can't even put myself in the ...

This was definitely one of those stories where the headline caused a double take, and then, right after reading the story, yet another double take. An adult female giraffe at Israel's largest zoo apparently fell ill, so a vet was called in. Seems fairly obvious enough, not much of a story here, I'll...