Coke is everywhere. In all my travels throughout the world, I can tell you that a Coke product is easy to find. Recently at the TEDxChange event, Melinda Gates made this same observation, and offered three areas where international development professionals can learn from the global distribution and sales strategy of Coke. Calling herself an…

What happens when we are confronted with reality in way that forces us to make a decision to change? What do we do? There are two options: Ignore it and hope it goes away.  Change a decision or our behavior.  In the New Testament, Jesus often confronted people about their lives and gave them the…

This Fall there are two trips headed over to Ethiopia with Children’s HopeChest. In Ethiopia, we are working amongst very poor and orphaned children who are often attending very crowded classrooms, like the one in this picture from Awassa, Ethiopia, where one of our teams will visit: I’ve posted this picture before, and every time…

Apparently Prince Charles took a 5-day tour on the Royal Train throughout Britain. He wanted to raise awareness about sustainability. The price tag for British taxpayers? About $80,000. You can read about Charles’ opulent eco-tour, the luxury of the Royal Train, and the “cost-cutting measures” put in place by Charles during a time of economic…

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