by admin | Dec 12, 2013 | Appropriate Technology, Community, Michael McDaniel, Mission, Values, Village Life
A visitor to h.e.a.r.t. pumps water through the new Chlorination Injection System. A socially conscious person might be labeled a “people person.” Some schools are known as “people oriented.” Some companies “put people first.” And there are organizations like New Life...
by admin | Dec 8, 2013 | Community, Community Driven, Generation Y, Spiritual Development, Student, Values, Village Life
Bek, pictured above in pink with her Fall 2013 classmates, is living a story of redemption. Have you ever felt like you needed a do-over? Today’s blogger, Bek Guess, needed exactly that. Below is her powerful testimony of how God continued to pursue her even...
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 23, 2013 | Ashley Carter, Community, Nutrition, Primitive Cooking, Recipe, Values, Village Life, Worldview
Growing up, I hated to hear that dinner was going to be leftovers. I mean, yuck. I wanted something hot, fresh and new not a buffet of things I didn’t eat that much of the first time around. And I know I’m not alone in these thoughts. But maybe it’s because we’ve had...
by admin | Nov 20, 2013 | Community, Gardening, Josh Jamison, Nutrition, Permaculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Village Life
Nitrogen fixing plants are a very special tool for those doing poverty relief work and sustainable agriculture. Nitrogen is one of the key elements determining plant growth and is analogous to gasoline for a vehicle. For poor subsistence farmers, securing enough...
