by Kent | Jan 8, 2016 | Faith
My Aunt Donna-Jean died last week. She was a wonderful aunt. Quite what you would hope for in an aunt: she believed I was much smarter, braver, and handsomer than I actually am. And then over a lifetime I think her belief did actually help me become just a little...
by Kent | Jun 21, 2015 | Featured Entries
Hi, friends. Quick note to state the obvious: I’ve been very quiet on here for the past, well, long time. I didn’t stop writing though. I was working on a new book. The first draft is done and I’ll be finishing revisions over the next couple of...
by Kent | Oct 3, 2013 | Featured Entries, Writing
I like exploring at extremes, whether it’s trying to push my own limits or understanding someone else’s. A few recent thoughts: In the spring I traveled to Bangkok to write about people living and working in slums around the world. I wrote a cover story...
by Kent | Oct 2, 2013 | Featured Entries, Haiti
Just before the earthquake, Père, the grandfather of the Woshdlo family I first lived with in Haiti, pulled me aside to tell me about the latest project he was starting. As usual he was barefoot, in tattered slacks and a partly shredded button-down shirt that he wears...
by Kent | Sep 3, 2013 | Faith, Featured Entries, International Development and Missions
Note: In March I traveled to Bangkok to write about the “slums of the earth” for Christianity Today. This month, that story is their cover. Here is a small excerpt from it: For the first time in history, one of every two people lives in a city. Some 860...
