Monthly Archives: December 2011

What I don’t want for Christmas | Blog 3 of the 12 blogs of Christmas

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Day 3 | World Vision's 12 blogs of Christmas
In today’s world, Twitter, Skype, and email have become the most common means of communication. So an old-fashioned handwritten note is particularly endearing. When I received Joy’s submission for our 12 blogs of Christmas project, I was pleasantly surprised that it was crafted on a yellow note pad, in neat cursive, purposefully handwritten. And, as I would expect from Joy, straight from her heart. -Lindsey Talerico-Hedren, managing editor for the WV blog...
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What only God can do | Blog 2 of the 12 blogs of Christmas

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Day 2 | World Vision's 12 blogs of Christmas
Years of being blessed with a low checking account balance forced me to rethink my approach to Christmas. Those were not easy years as I tried to tell myself that Christmas isn’t all about the presents, while fearing that my family would consider me cheap or inconsiderate. A budget gift is a budget gift. In a happy case of irony, my focus on gift-giving led me back to a better conception of Christmas. If art thrives on limitation, gift-giving followed suit. If I only had $10 to spend on each person, I had to ask very different questions for gift-giving, the most important being: “What would this person never buy for himself/herself?” This led to a series of time-consuming projects,...
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Waking up from suburbia stupor — lessons from a global soccer mom

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Global soccer mom | World Vision blog
Meet stay-at-home mom Shayne Moore. She spends her time stocking the refrigerator, supervising homework, and driving her kids to sports practices. In the midst of all that, she wrote a book called “Global Soccer Mom” that’s not about soccer at all — but about how the “soccer mom” demographic can be global thinkers. After visiting World Vision’s headquarters to share her testimony in an all-staff chapel, I sat down to chat with her about the journey that has led her from the kitchen to the White House. Here’s what I learned… *     *     * Was there a specific experience that prompted you to really get out of your seat and take action against poverty? In 2002, Bono came through my...
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