In this blog Katie Mears, Director of our US Disaster Preparedness and Response Program, reiterates the importance of disaster preparedness and shares some tips on how to create your...

Going through old emails allows for some very fascinating discoveries many months later about the things you don’t yet want to delete. Boy, am I glad I saved this one!  Below are the actual lyrics...

I remember as a child visiting my aunt's house in Sri Lanka and being intrigued by the wood-burning stove in her kitchen.  That intrigue later turned into dismay as I learned of the consequences of...

Today is the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, on which the Church marks the conversion of one of its foundational figures.  It is appropriate that this feast day is in the season of Epiphany,...

 I know I’m not the only one:  Photos, notes, and objects held up by pushpins surround my desk.  They remind me of people, events and things in my life that ground me and get me through the day.   A...

Words and actions can often seem hollow in the midst of extreme tragedy.  When images of orphans and vulnerable children flood our television screens, when clean water and sanitation is absent and...

After 30 years of civil war, Sri Lanka is now into its second year of peace.  However, in many parts of the country the reality is that the effects of the conflict are still present. There continue to...

A family takes refuge in a tent camp in Port-au-Prince following the January 12 earthquake. Courtesy of UN Photos/Sophia ParisLast Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, I gave a sermon at the Church of...