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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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Getting to zero: A true commitment to fighting global AIDS

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Getting to zero: Fighting global AIDS | World VIsion blog
It’s an odd thing to commemorate a day like World AIDS Day, during which time more than 1,000 babies will be born with HIV. World Vision’s 2011 World AIDS Day global theme is “Getting to Zero — Zero New Infections; Zero Discrimination; and Zero AIDS-related Deaths.” It’s an ambitious goal. But we at World Vision see this as a hopeful rallying cry, motivating us to remain true to our commitment to fight the HIV and AIDS pandemic. This year also marks 10 years since World Vision began its Hope Initiative, our groundbreaking effort to engage U.S. donors and churches around the tragic effects of the virus, especially in sub-Saharan Africa — the area hit hardest. (This region, which has only 12...
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