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  • What Nicaragua Taught Me about Living with Purpose Daily

    What Nicaragua Taught Me about Living with Purpose Daily

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Do you ever wake up in the morning and feel like you are just drifting through life? Like a sailboat that has lost its rudder or a leaf floating down a stream, pushed by the current with any particular aim, you wonder if your life really matters all that much. Read more

  • Great Hope in the Midst of Brokenness

    Great Hope in the Midst of Brokenness

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! In the past two articles I have discussed how our perception of someone impacts how we treat them, and the need to expand our view of poverty and how to effectively address it. I recently had the opportunity to spend time in Nicaragua with some of our NicaWorks! team members, Read more

  • Could You Be Putting Poverty in a Box?

    Could You Be Putting Poverty in a Box?

    Good morning from Managua, Nicaragua! Have you ever thought you had the solution to a problem only to realize your viewpoint of the problem was unknowingly limited? It is like believing you had found the last piece to the puzzle until you took a step back and could see that you were only working on Read more

  • How Your Perception Impacts Reality

    How Your Perception Impacts Reality

    Good morning from Westminster, Maryland! Are you familiar with the saying, “perception is reality”? As someone who works in the customer service industry it something I hear and talk about often. When working with a customer, their perception of a situation can be as important, or sometimes even more important, than what actually happened. In Read more

  • New Year, Rewritten Story

    New Year, Rewritten Story

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! As the end of 2022 quickly approaches a time of both great hope and great disappointment quickly approaches: the New Year and New Year’s Resolution season. The hope we have for what is possible in the New Year reaches its peak right around now, a day or two before the Read more

  • Rediscover the Wonder

    Rediscover the Wonder

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Over the past two articles, we have looked at the power of a real opportunity and a reframed identity. Next time we will focus in on the rewritten story they produce, but this week I want to focus on another story. A story of great hope in the midst of Read more