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The Wounded Heart

Twenty-six years ago, I sat outside Starbucks, sipping coffee and sketching on a napkin. Preparing for the first of countless future trips to Malawi, Africa, I pondered teaching on the human heart…

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A Rude Awakening

My decades-long journey alongside the people of Malawi began with a single, piercing question. The year is 1998. I’ve just been invited to teach at a conference in Malawi, Africa…

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Refugee Stories

All of the students in our vocational and arts training programs at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi carry the trauma common to every refugee driven from their homes by violence. They arrive with stories to tell…

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