A Dream, Hard Place, Middle East, Youth
Antidote for Nausea It had been rough going for nearly two hours. Cavernous potholes. Broken asphalt. Gritty litter. No shade in sight. We were sweating, despite the full-blast air con. Hundreds of smokestacks as far as the eye could see. An apocalyptic landscape. I...
A Dream, Local Visionary, Middle East
The doorbell startled me. We were deep in discussion with Melhem, a Lebanese visionary that Dreams InDeed accompanies. I walked over to open his office door. A small boy with a big bent can under his arm stood before me. He clutched a wooden box stuffed with rags,...
A Dream, Accompany, Equip, Middle East
My mind reeled; my heart recoiled. Why would a mother plead such a tragic prayer? A friend of that mother explained. “Her prayer is not unusual. There are no lifelong options for mentally challenged orphans.” She went on, “Let me share one family’s story. When...
A Dream, Hard Place, Local Visionary
“It’s broken!” A phrase no one likes to hear. Brokenness touches all areas of life – objects, the environment, relationships, bodies, spirits. Each of us is broken one way or another. For some, brokenness strikes suddenly and on many levels. Take Omar. “I can’t...
A Dream, Accompany, Africa, Equip, Hard Place, Invest, Local Visionary, Middle East, Network, Recognize, SE Asia, Values
A simple, yet powerful formula. Innovative Social Entrepreneurs + Committed Social Investors = Synergy on Social Dilemmas See what people are blogging and tweeting about EPCON 2011:EPCON 2011: How to Solve the World’s Biggest Problems My View: Solving...
A Dream, Hard Place, Values
Bludgeons. Tear gas. Water cannon. Live ammunition. Upheaval is rocking the Middle East. We tracked the action on-line while on assignment in Southeast Asia. A photo-journalist who’d covered our dreamers in Beirut was man-handled in Cairo’s alleys. Our Egyptian...
