The Power of Soap
“I begin with an idea, and then it becomes something else.” ~ Pablo Picasso Lately, I have been very busy making goat milk soap. Initially, I started the project thinking that I would develop a STEM activity for kids in our…
Taking Me Back and Forward
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. This week, I have the privilege of being a Mentor at the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Orientation and Training for New Executive Directors. These new…
Taking Bold Steps
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what Gas has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV I never imagined that making a bar of soap could represent taking a bold step of faith. When the idea to…
Kid Power Organics
Kid Power Organics is committed to educating kids. 10% of all our sales support the Kid Power Organics Handwashing Project at Light of Future Schools. When I traveled to Cambodia for the first time in October 2013, I had no idea how that particular…
The Momentum of a Big Idea
“She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.” Proverbs 31:16-17 NIV Trinity Church’s Girlfriends 2016 Conference is…
Great Things Start Small
“To succumb to the enormity of the problem is to fail the one.” ~ SHE Rescue Home Yesterday, I had the privilege of sharing the story of Children of Inmates (COI) at the Florida Department of Children and Families’ 2015 Child…
Building A Bridge
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18 & 19 (NIV) We are…
KidPower2015 Goes to Cambodia
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ~ Milton Berle In a few hours, I will be leaving the United States with a team of twenty-one people for Cambodia. We are taking a KidPower2015 Bicycle Generator with us. Not only will…
One Creative Idea
“Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.” ~ Twyla Tharp, World-renowned, American Dancer and Choreographer Sometimes when we hear about a person or a team that has created a cool invention…
Ten Seeds
“For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland” Isaiah 43:19 (NLT) In less than thirty days, I will…