by admin | Dec 1, 2013 | Academics, Community, Community Driven, Culture, Gardening, Mission, Phil Murphy, Sustainable Agriculture, Theology, Values, Village Life, Worldview
Many years ago I heard about a pastor that was giving lots of advice to parents and newly married couples. From my perspective as a young married person and parent, I found some of his advice very strange. As it turned out, the pastor was neither a parent nor married....
by admin | Nov 17, 2013 | Academics, Dr. Mike Webb, Mission, Spiritual Development
I recently read a blog post by a good friend who closed his piece with a section on something we at h.e.a.r.t. value greatly, lifelong learning. My friend James Love is committed to learning, growing, becoming more like Christ, and encouraging others to do the same....
by admin | Nov 12, 2013 | Appropriate Technology, Community, Community Driven, Culture, Gardening, Mission, Student, Sustainable Agriculture, Village Life
the team from h.e.a.r.t. in Callebasse, Haiti Today’s post is a tangent from our typical blogs. The Fall 2013 class had the opportunity to travel to Haiti to see first hand how the things that they are learning at h.e.a.r.t. are being used in a developing...
by admin | Nov 8, 2013 | Community, Community Driven, Culture, Mission, Nutrition, Phil Murphy, Spiritual Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Uncategorized, Values, Village Life, Worldview
One of the first things a person sees when living in the rural areas of Haiti is the great number of children. The United Nations estimates that more than 50% of the Haitian population is under the age of 20. When our family moved the House of Blessings Orphanage form...
by admin | Oct 31, 2013 | Appropriate Technology, Community Driven, Michael McDaniel, Mission, Village Life
Not everyone is a Walking Dead fan. Zombies are something you either love or hate (or kill if you are a real survivor). For those who are fans or watch the show regularly (because your friends or roommates make you) you may have noticed a few interesting things in...
by admin | Oct 27, 2013 | Academics, Appropriate Technology, Community, Michael McDaniel, Mission, Village Life
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” This Greek proverb was a phrase that kept coming to mind as the students and I worked together to install a small solar panel at h.e.a.r.t. last spring. This panel...
