Jean and Dave Semler launched a 501(c) 3 non-profit charity Change A Life Uganda (CALU) with a vision of educated, healthy, and empowered Ugandan children as agents of positive social and economic change.
Reflections
Finding my way back to Galilee with Pope Francis
I found my path back to Galilee with the help of Pope Francis. For me, it was by way of a homily he preached in Canada.
Once Again – Think You Understand Homelessness?
The deeper I got into the article I realized I had more of a stereotypical and simplified understanding.
Dreams – Martin Luther King, Frederic Ozanam, St. Vincent, Our Own
Is your dream still alive? How would you put it in words?
“Ashia”: I see your struggle, but have courage, this struggle does not have the last word.
Ashia, Ash rae, those who mourn, they will be comforted. Jesus’ words from the cross “My God, My God why have you forsaken me” Psalm 22, which is immediately followed by Psalm 23 “The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I lack.”
Missionaries just like the One Who Sends Them
Jesus is the model of the true missionary. He sends us who claim to be Christians as his missionaries, for the sake of others. As the Father has sent him, so Jesus sends his disciples. That is to say, God’s missionary par excellence, in turn, makes his disciples...
A Vincentian View: Peace Be With You
Vincentian View: “Peace be with you” If you have gotten messages from me, you will see that I most often finish my notes with “Peace” or “Peace in the Risen Lord” or some such variation on “peace.” Many people may feel that it is a left over from my hippie-days and...
If Einstein Is Right…
Why do we feed, clothe and house the marginalized over and over?
VLM/VMC Impact: Hardly a Day Goes By…
We will be sharing a series of reflections made by Vincentian Lay Missionaries and Vincentian Mission Corps participants about their experience serving, how it has impacted their lives and how they continue to live the Vincentian Charism today. Hardly a day goes...
Happy Easter – What Does That Even Mean?!
Thoughts by Lisa Bright Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 I love Chocolate. And I love Easter. However, chocolate is not why I love Easter. The journey to Easter began 6 weeks ago on Ash Wednesday. In the Christian tradition Lent is a period of 40 days where Christians...
Following Behind “The Story”
Following Behind “The Story” Especially in this age of Facebook and Instagram has the power of story come to the fore. That is, increasingly so, the narrative much more than the bullet-pointed outline is what does the most effective job of getting through to hearts...
Holy Week – The Greatest Systemic Change in Human Consciousness
“Do you understand what I have done for you?”… I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. … Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. John 13: 11-17
