Compassion International Archives

How You Can Make A Difference on International Women’s Day

by Robin | Mar 8, 2018 | Compassion - India, Compassion Bloggers, Compassion International, Good causes, Inspiring, Love Gifts, Personal, Uncategorized

I’m sitting at my kitchen table where the sun is piercing filthy windowpanes, a thing I notice in the morning but forget by noon’s shadow. A ladybug sits on the sill, I’m assuming dead. Our home is a death spiral for pretty bugs dressed in red with...

Around/About: The “Compassion Bloggers” Edition

by Robin | Feb 21, 2015 | Compassion International, Love Gifts, Missions, Uncategorized

Had I not had a house seriously overflowing with family last weekend, this week’s Around/About would have been shared then. The beautiful thing about the internet is you can visit blog posts, well, forever, and the words I’m about to share are relevant...

Lifesavers

by Robin | Feb 6, 2014 | Compassion International, Love Gifts

It’s always, always, a surprise when someone I know tells me they read my blog. It’s one thing for our lives to have crossed in the virtual world first, and wholly another for us to know each other in the space where I can shake your hand or hug you neck,...

Walter Mitty and the residual affect of how we speak love

by Robin | Jan 23, 2014 | Compassion International, Do Something!, Encouragement, Faith, Love Gifts, Uncategorized

I’ve been thinking about those giant crosses in Chattanooga off I-75, how they provoke response on either ends of the spectrum. And, earnestly, I’ve been trying to consider the other side, the point of view different from my own… but the closest I...

Why you shouldn’t follow Compassion Bloggers in Peru #cbperu

by Robin | Nov 16, 2012 | Compassion Bloggers, Compassion International

There are a lot of people out there telling you to follow the Compassion Bloggers in Peru this week, but I’m the only one who’s telling you to stay away. I can hear what you’re thinking: “How dare you say such a preposterous...

The reason I wish I had a million blog readers

by Robin | May 11, 2012 | Compassion Bloggers, Compassion International

I started blogging in the Fall of 2005 after a friend invited me to read hers (I didn't know what a blog was prior); my first post referenced an article that reported the number of blogs to be 30,000 strong. Today, Mashable author Sam Laird reports...