The Power of Friendships
For years our work at PathLight has assumed that friendships across geography, economics, race, and culture can create a better future for the students in the program. A recent study — reported here by Axios…
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Nope, no age discrimination here!
Hey, I’m back from vacation! And did you hear the crazy news? PathLight International, an organization I co-founded and greatly admire, has hired a sixty-something snarky white guy to become their Chief Executive Officer. Worse,…
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Vacation With Jesus!
About a month ago my wife D’Aun had a fun trip with a few of her friends. So I had a ton of time on my own, and I spent it writing an absolutely ridiculous…
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Alexandria
Lent starts on Wednesday. It’s never been a big deal to me. To be honest I was smug about it; all these people giving up chocolate seemed, well, shallow. But a few years ago I…
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The Coin and the Generous Soul
This is a story from several years ago that has stayed with me. It was not a big deal when it happened, but for some reason the randomness of the coin combined with the confusion…
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Belize | Generosity | Leadership | PathLight
Generous Teaching
I’ve got an exciting announcement buried at the end of this article. So please bear with me for a few paragraphs. Teachers are in the news these days as the nation moves toward reopening classrooms….
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Christmas Greetings
Merry Christmas from Junkyard Wisdom! Here’s a letter (slightly updated for today) I wrote some time ago. It still seems powerful and has always been one of my favorites. This year, more than ever, it is…
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PathLight 2020
The year 2020 is just around the corner. No doubt we’re going to hear a lot of 20/20 jokes this week! But in a remarkable effort of restraint (for me), I’ll avoid the easy joke….
