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Matching Gift Update

You did it! Thanks to everybody who helped PathLight fulfill the matching gift challenge! This means a deserving student will now receive a full one-year sponsorship. An education, all the supplies, discipleship, mentoring … it’s an opportunity to transform the life of a student so that she becomes a future leader.

If you have not yet given, there is still time to get it on the matching gift challenge. The donor has agreed to match every $30 gift between now and the end of the year. So there is no better time to support PathLight.

Thank you!…

Give $30, put a student through school!

As we wrap up 2011, a long-time supporter of PathLight has given a unique matching gift opportunity. The goal? To send one student to school. While that may not seem like much, consider this: PathLight’s program provides after-school tutoring, mentoring, and encouragement of faith in Christ. The effect of nurturing the whole person is what allows these children to become leaders in their communities. That one child we send to school could be a leader who transforms their village and inspires the next generation.

So here’s what we’re asking: If you can spare $30 for a student in need, your …

Annual Christmas Post

Two years ago I sent a letter to friends of PathLight, and it was so well received that I reposted it last Christmas. It seems to still strike a chord, so I’m posting it again. Consider it as my Christmas wish to you. I hope you enjoy it.
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David L. Fleming writes, “The son of God became poor by becoming incarnate. He embraced poverty in the circumstances of his earthly life. God was born in a stable manger and was given the name Jesus. His parents fled with him as refugees to escape a murderous tyrant. Later he …

Christmas Letter

I was once known for my hilarious Christmas letters. Or at least I thought they were funny. But life got busy, not to mention less than rosy all the time, and hilarity sometimes turned into the mundane. It can be hard to muster the energy to put out a Christmas letter, much less one with humor.

This year, I stepped back from the brink of seriousness and added a few light touches of humor. Nothing that will cause a belly laugh … but certainly not as serious as in the recent past. I hope you enjoy it.
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Dear Friends …

The signature on the paper napkin

It was humid and hot, as it almost always is, and the ceiling fan was struggling to cool the restaurant. The room was noisy from the hustle and bustle of travelers coming and going through the airport. Occasionally a small airplane would take off from the runway outside. When the big jets taxied to the terminal, we could hardly hear each other.

I sat at the restaurant table with Mark and Adrienne Parcher. Our friend Mike Egusa joined us. The last few days had been spent together at Jaguar Creek in Belize, and the whole time we had talked about …

George Cadle Price, 1919-2011

George Price died last week. This probably means little to you, but in Belize it is major news. George Price was commonly known as the Father of the Nation in Belize. He was 92-years old and passed just two days before the 30th anniversary of Belize’s independence.

For years George Price diligently worked for independence and was one of the nationalist pioneers that set a new course for a post-colonial world. Sometimes controversial, often criticized, he persevered through it all with a burning passion to see his country free of colonial rule. In 1981, he was successful when Belize attained …

Join Me At The Studio Unfiltered Grand Opening!

If you follow my blog then you know that I’m passionate about my family, small business, and global issues. You might pick up on the fact that I love the arts, though I don’t mention them here as often as I should.

So my post today fits right into the sweet spot. Studio Unfiltered opens Saturday, and I am really excited about this new gallery. Why? Well let me list just a few of the reasons ….

– The founder of Studio Unfiltered is my daughter, Rachel. Her vision for Studio Unfiltered comes from her exploration of the intersection …

Remembering the Poor – More Translators, Please

This week I’m exploring the passage in Galatians 2 about remembering the poor. Here’s the passage from the Contemporary English Version:

“James, Peter, and John realized that God had given me the message about his undeserved kindness. And these men are supposed to be the backbone of the church. They even gave Barnabas and me a friendly handshake. This was to show that we would work with Gentiles and that they would work with Jews. They only asked us to remember the poor, and that was something I had always been eager to do.”

My first post identified the obvious …