India

My younger brother Daniel will occasionally slip out of the country and travel to far reaching places.  He usually brings a camera.  His latest film brought him to 5 continents and after a few years of work, travel, and mind-boggling experience, he’s put together a surprising film. I’d venture to say A Filmmaker’s Search For Revival [...]

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Social Justice Resources

by andrewkooman on March 18, 2010

A common question I ask and am encountered with when I talk with others about issues of global justice is, “What do I do?” I decided one thing I could do to answer that Q is to put together an annotated list of organizations, causes, resources, and other justice-related work that I think worthwhile and [...]

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Patricia, Thou Hath Cleft My Heart in Twain

by andrewkooman on January 26, 2010

R.E.A.D. T.H.I.S. B.O.O.K. Sold is the story of a young Nepali girl named Lakshmi, sold by her step-father to a brothel in India. Told in short vignettes, the book is poetic, descriptive, sparse, beautiful, tragic, and breaks the heart.  It’s almost impossible to put down. We need more stories like it, read by more and [...]

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