What’s the purpose of the Christmas Advent season? It’s a time for reflection and expectation. It also offers us a unique opportunity to draw connections between our personal spiritual journey and the important work we may do in the inspiring field of international health. Advent is a time of anticipation and preparation for the arrival […]
Thanks and giving. The union of these words is a powerful combination. Do you have thanks for the advantages you enjoy? Perhaps education, good health, encouraging friendships, a fulfilling job, maybe even a little financial margin. Dwelling upon thankful thoughts is clearly good for your emotional and physical well-being. Recently, have you told those in
September has been marred by weapons of war: missiles in the Middle East, hunger in Sudan, terror in Ukraine, expulsion in Myanmar/Burma. Such weapons are tools of conflict, violence – and at the core – dehumanization of enemies and those unfortunate noncombatants who live nearby. For two years in the 1990s I lived in the