Compassion partially means that “I confess my own humanity and acknowledge the heart connection I have with all who share the human condition.” It has been interesting to both experience how this value permeates all aspects of the JSC year and watch as my understanding of heart-connection acknowledgment evolves. When we first entered the program, […]
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Rebuilding Trust
My main focus with working with the women at Freedom House Recovery Center is building trust and rapport. Many of the women have had their trust broken, they have broken the trust of those they love and they have often times been the victims and the abusers of trust. Trust is a very hard thing […]
Church of the Saviour: A Faith Community of Character
In November we visited Washington, DC, the culmination of our Servant Leadership course in the fall. Our visit was focused around Church of the Savior, started by Gordon and Mary Cosby in the 1940’s in the Columbia Heights and Adam’s Morgan neighborhoods. What I was struck by was the church’s (and the Cosby’s) incredible legacy […]
Forging Character in Community
To say that intentional community is a challenge is a bit of an understatement. Never have I ever been in a situation where I constantly question my Character. We are all very vulnerable and this is the age where we truly figure out what core beliefs are now that we are out of the shadow […]