Today we’d like to share a podcast interview with one of Faith Fusions’ long time contributors, John W. Gehring. He has recently taken his writing to a new level with the release of his book, Tales of Love and Service: Stories from the heart. John has worked in service, education, and sports programs in more […]
A story by John W. Gehring Can you imagine investing six weeks of your time working, sharing meals and living side-by-side with 40 people from backgrounds reflecting a microcosm of the world? As a man, your roommates could include a Sikh graduate student, a Turkish engineer, an Australian surfer, a Palestinian Muslim scholar or an […]
This story takes place in Lira, Uganda and serves to complement the posts The Politics of a Mother’s Heart and Malaria Bites Life in Lira: Living On the Edge Despite its beauty, living in Lira, Uganda in the year 2000 offered many challenges to the average citizen. Most families in Lira District made their living […]
The story Malaria Bites takes place in Lira, Uganda and serves to complement the posts The Politics of a Mother’s Heart and Returning Home Malaria Bites When I think back to my time in Uganda, it is mostly fine memories that come to mind. A smile draws across my face as I reflect on the […]
An invitation to learn, grow and serve this summer in South America. Warm Greetings, The Pathways to a Sustainable Future Project sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation and Let’s Lead Green-USA is now accepting applications for its July 6-July 21, 2015 project in the Pantanal region of Paraguay. International participants on this unique program will work […]
Pausing on a hill during an early morning walk in the Summer of 2000, I gazed at a horizon of green rolling hills and long stretches of fertile fields. The timelessness of the beauty, enhanced by the sounds of nature’s ever-active song was a comfort to my spirit. It was this quiet walk that served […]
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” —Maya Angelou Healing the Heart’s Hurts The human heart is the most vulnerable part of our being, yet it is this vulnerability that in large part makes us human. Each human heart has carried within it the pain […]
“And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.” Galatians 6.9 More than a decade has passed since the Religious Youth Service (RYS) did an overly ambitious service project in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The 70 youths who had gathered from […]
A story by: John W. Gehring Hurricane Mitch’s Knockout Punch Months after Hurricane Mitch ravaged Honduras, forty volunteers from fifteen nations arrived in the capital city of Tegucigalpa as part of a cross-cultural service project of the Religious Youth Service or more simply, RYS. During the following weeks of service the media regularly covered […]
The following story is part 2 of The Wonder of the Power of One – A story by John W. Gehring “We don’t invent our mission; we detect it. It is within us waiting to be realized.” —Viktor Frankl Each person is capable of achieving greatness. Embodying a virtuous character has much more to do with personal greatness […]
