Canadian Interest
Will Space Unicorns Make Your Child Happy?
Canadians spend over 400 million dollars at Christmas time every year, but is it making us or our children any happier? It might be time to rethink the gifts we give and consider the correlation between rising debt and rising anxiety.
A Dinnertime Prayer
We pray before we eat a meal together. Often, my three-and-a-half-year-old volunteers to “say grace”. She’s perfected the art of a two second prayer to get us to eating as quickly as possible. “Dear Jesus, thank you for this food, you bless it to our bodies, in Jesus name, amen.” And while I always want to encourage her to pray, it can be somewhat lacking in sincerity. So, sometimes I insist on me or my husband praying.
Poverty Busters: Kids Helping Kids
Poverty Busters worldwide were recently joined by a host of Calgarian Vacation Bible School (VBS) attendees. Ninety elementary-aged children from two churches in Calgary teamed up to take poverty alleviation seriously by raising funds to furnish a school in a developing community. Knowing that children there are forced to learn without desks or school supplies, these VBS kids tackled their goal with a roar!
How Foot Washing Changed My Family's Easter
Jesus' exmaple of footwashing has powerful potential to teach service and love to people of all ages!
Renewing Compassion
Have you ever experienced compassion fatigue? Here's how a long-time development worker reengaged his heart.
29 Years and Counting
We first were introduced to Food for the Hungry (FH) in 1989 by a friend, Brian Robertson. He had just finished university and was heading off to Thailand to put his degree to use on a water development project with FH. The more we learned about FH the more we liked what they were doing. When we heard about the Child Sponsorship program we prayed about it and discussed it with our children; we thought it to be a good fit.
#Hashtagging Poverty
You don't want to be a "poverty tourist", especially when you whip out your camera. Here's 5 tips on how to take pics and create posts that give others the dignity they deserve.
Not Your Average Paper Company
Businesses have increidble power to impact the world for good! Here's how one small paper company helped break the cycle of poverty in a community through FH partnership.
Comfy for Cows
The students at Maple Ridge Christian School (MRCS) chose to substitute Halloween this year for a good cause—they called it “Comfy for Cows”.
Ben Hoogendorn's Legacy Leading Well
Visionary leaders have the ability to take a dream and make it a thriving reality. See how former president Ben Hoogendoorn took FH Canada to the next level over the course of 10 years of strong leadership.
FH Presidents Pass the Baton
Good leadership transition is key to an organization's stability and future growth. Here's how Ben and Bernie passed the baton.
HN Issue 13: When Helping Hurts (And What We Can Do About It)
Dr. Brian Fikkert was describing the value of partnership-based development when the words “Donor Alert” appeared on his giant presentation screen.