24 February 2010 1 Comment

when the shock turns numb :: haiti now

Our gravitational pull is toward numb.  It is just not possible to sustain gut-wrenching emotion.  So when suffering outlasts our natural capacity for compassion, we need to intentionally remind ourselves.  Feel it again. It has been over a month since the earthquake. Conditions on the ground are worse, not better, in many cases.  As time [...]

15 January 2010 0 Comments

if not now, when? :: deep cries out to deep in haiti

if not now, when?  ::  deep cries out to deep in haiti

You can watch the world in real time now. Google Earth.  Twitter updates.  Blog posts.  All avenues to see the pain in Haiti.  At some point tonight, amid a mix of posts about cookies and Conan O’Brien and the crisis in Haiti (all coming from me), something turned my stomach.  No more trivia right now.  [...]

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