Category Archives: Spirituality

The Idea Camp is Officially Back!

Posted in March 8, 2013 by Charles in Ideation, Justice, Leadership, Ministry, Spirituality, The Idea Camp | No comments

The Idea Camp was a new kind of conference experience I created back in early 2009 with a few friends. It was designed to be a peer-to-peer learning, sharing, and networking experience among practitioners doing the work of compassionate care in our world. It de-emphasized the traditional stage-driven speaker model and focused more on creating environments for mutual learning and relationship-building. At the time of the Idea Camp's inception, I was...

58: A New Film Release About Poverty & Faith

Posted in September 20, 2011 by Charles in Humanitarian, Justice, Spirituality | 10 comments

During a recent post, I introduced you to a new initiative within the global Christian faith community called 58. This is a movement dedicated to mobilizing the Church to end extreme poverty around the world. Inspired by Isaiah 58 (a passage in the Bible that calls the people of God to engage a true fast by participating in...

58: Fast. Forward. The End of Poverty.

Posted in July 1, 2011 by Charles in Humanitarian, Justice, Spirituality | 15 comments

In a recent article by Tom Krattenmaker of USA Today, he highlighted a new movement of next-generation of Christian leaders that are accepting "responsibility to right seemingly every global wrong you can name while restoring the credibility of publicly expressed Christianity in the process." These are people of faith that are not seeking to "conquer America" but rather seek...