October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Last year, I posted a series on domestic violence, beginning with Supporting Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I encourage you to read the entire series, and I hope you become as passionate as I am about stopping domestic violence. A question that I consider one of the highest compliments I’ve … Read more
Imagine not being able to read. Imagine looking at words on a page and seeing gibberish. Imagine never being able to lose yourself in a story or find the answers to your questions in a book. Imagine not being able to fill out a job application or read a map. According to the International Reading … Read more
Today, bloggers are uniting to raise awareness about empowering people with disabilities. After my stroke, I was in a manual wheelchair for months. I wasn’t strong enough to maneuver the wheelchair myself so I hired someone to drive me and push my wheelchair. People always seemed to be uncomfortable around me. Often they spoke to my helper and ignored … Read more
Reading—for entertainment or education—tops my list of favorite things to do. Books, blogs, bulletins, blurbs, ballads, brochures, broadcasts, blather, buzz—I love all forms of the written word. Yet according to UNESCO, 20% of adults are illiterate. Not only are these people deprived of the joy of reading, they face incredible challenges in living productive lives. … Read more
Update 5/23/22: Lest we think this is an old post, so it’s an old problem, someone sent me this more recent article: World Hunger: Key Facts and Statistics. The information in this link replaces the numbers listed in the post below, but everything else about the post is still valid. Chances are if you have the … Read more
Bloggers are uniting today for basic human rights. There so many topics to write about: humanitarian aid to Myanmar, atrocities in Darfur, sex slavery around the world, religious persecution … These and more are terrible violations of human rights, and I pray for all of them. The most basic human right of all is life. … Read more