Category Archives: helping others

The Wounded Healer

Posted on April 14, 2013 by eig

I have just started reading a book titled “The Wounded Healer” by Henry Nouwen.  This book’s title has always captured by attention so I finally bought it and started to read it.  The introduction asserts that if we (e.g. ministers, pastors) are to serve others, we need to be the “wounded healers.”  In other words, […]

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E’s to live by

Posted on July 22, 2009 by eig

For the most part, I don’t like clichés. Most of us have heard the following “God, Family and Country” or whatever order it is usually said. It’s a good cliché but it means very little unless each one is defined. I do think, however, that we need to have some basic principles to live by. […]

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Helping the Needy, the Poor and the Hungry

Posted on December 8, 2008 by eig

For many years I have been supporting three children from World Vision. One girl from Mexico, one boy from Africa and one girl from Albania. For about $30 bucks they are able to provide help for poor communities that don’t have their basic necessities, such as food, water, health aid, and education. One can also […]

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