Down But Not Out

Last week, I continued with home visits to the potential scholars to see and experience their life after their daily work at the Dandora dumpsite. Families working in the dumpsite have become my friends, and they all welcomed me warmly. Sarah and her children are...

Confronting a Giant

“Conflict is an inevitable part of life.  Our job as leaders is to choose whether we want to resolve it in a healthy or an unhealthy way.”  I learned this lesson a long time ago from the late Duane Hurtt, one of my first bosses, and it has helped me immeasurably in...

Going Uphill

When we created the IntSam 5K four years ago, I wrote a reflection about the advice Kevin Hofmann, a friend for almost 50 years, gave me when we were at the cross-country state championship together in high school: “Run your race and attack the hills.”  I hear his...