“We have built our education systems on the model of fast food. … There are two models of quality assurance. One is fast food, where everything is standardized. The other are things like Zagat and Michelin restaurants, where everything is not standardized. They’re customized to local circumstances, and we have sold ourselves into a fast...
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Lastly, it is concluded that sin which offends God is worthy of punishment. The means by which a person avoids punishment is provided for by God in Christ. Christ has to be more than the lwa and saints, someone to whom the peasant can come and ask for help. In all the talk concerning the...
While rural Haitians might misunderstand sin in the biblical context, they certainly are not immune from suffering the consequences of sin’s curse. Pain and suffering are their constant companions physically, economically, politically, and spiritually. In order to come to a proper biblical understanding of sin, three primary paradigm shifts must occur within their worldview. These...
There is a famous Haitian Creole proverb that translates, “Rocks in the river don’t know the pain of rocks in the sun.” Oftentimes, this is intended to denote the inability those who are affluent have in identifying with the emotional, mental, and physical grief of those suffering from acute poverty in Haiti. Unfortunately, this proverb...
…Or How an Unemployed, Fat Guy Thought It’d be a Good Idea to Bike Cross-Country for Kenya Joe’s right. Words are not enough. Once, long ago, words bore the power to inspire change. Now, inspiration is a category of greeting cards and change is a campaign mantra. We have a need to feel empathy and...