Lots of good data from the folks at World Vision. HT: Charles Lee. H2 Ope View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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By nature I’m a strategist.  I can’ help but think that way. If I don’t have a plan, I feel like I will waste time doing “good” things but not “great” things. Every Monday morning the first thing I do after devotions is plan out my week. My ultimate goal is not to get to technical. [...]

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Sometimes life can be bitter-sweet. So many rocky-roads, mountaintops and valleys. Two years ago I started attending Vista Church. I was getting ready to plant a church in Austin. But after meeting with Jeff we decided to partner and work together. In the past few years we’ve seen amazing things. We’ve been able to help [...]

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This morning I had the privilege of meeting Tom Davis. Tom is the CEO of Children’s Hopechest, which also runs 5For50. Tom has also wrote multiple books such as Red Letters & Fields of the Fatherless. (Is this dude busy or what) I saw on his Twitter that he’s was going to be in Austin. [...]

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This morning I headed downtown to meet Michael Stewart who is on staff at Austin Stone. We had some great discussion about poverty, community development and the church. Here is what I know: I don’t know what I need to know so I can lead a great organization.  So I’m constantly reading, praying and asking [...]

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  Scotty finished our t-shirt design. I really like it, I hope you do too.  So I need your help. If you think you would be willing to purchase a t-shirt for $20 would you email me or leave a comment? I’m not asking for promises..Just trying to gauge the demand.  Or if you would like to invest [...]

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I love third places. There is something about being around people, you can feel the energy. Today I was reminded of something that has been lost in our culture – natural connections. I don’t really like to plan that much, I prefer last-second connections. Yet in our culture if you don’t plan you won’t see people. We [...]

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I woke-up this morning and headed down to my local coffee-shop to get some work done. Monday’s are unique as I try my best to re-focus and prioritize. it’s not always easy!  As I was working I felt this overwhelming burden/depression. HELP is still in the initial start-up phase and we have so many things going on and [...]

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This week I’m going to do a mini-series on my vision for Help End Local Poverty. My hope is to clarify our vision and communicate our passion. I believe it’s important to leverage all forms of communications. Our passion at HELP is to offer love by sharing a story that will bring hope to those [...]

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So I finally was able to transition from WordPress.com to my own hosted account via WordPress.org. I found a free wordpress theme and my friend John, from the Strange Idea Labs did all the coding and whatever web guru’s do. If you need some design work give him a call. He will hook you up. I love the design, [...]

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