One of my biggest fears in life is to be talker and not a doer.  As I examine and wrestle with flawed social systems and feel heart-broken and beat down by the horrendous injustices that are committed on a daily basis, I often feel like a bystander, like a cheerleader, but not like an actual… Continue reading Intrapreneurship: Don’t Just Talk About It, Be About It

Robert is tired. He has been traveling back and forth across the West coast, trying to outrun the tumultuous winter that we have been having, attempting to find a more permanent place to stay.  He is homeless, addicted to heroin, and defeated.  “I hate myself,” he says to me, the deep wrinkles on his face… Continue reading The Epidemic of Our Time: Opioid Addiction

The house is small and dilapidated; heat radiates from the slabs of tin that serve as walls and roof. The bathroom floor slopes ominously—it was constructed as an afterthought, precariously balancing on an eroding hill. We sit around the table…