by Kent | Apr 18, 2011 | Featured Entries, Haiti, International Development and Missions, Uncategorized, Writing
[Also on Huffington Post:] I just watched the “60 Minutes” expose on Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea. It felt like a punch in the gut, even if it’s of the too familiar heroes-come-crashing-down variety. It must have felt like a punch to...
by Kent | Feb 23, 2011 | Featured Entries, Writing
The Welcome Wagon is a fantastic band. I’m excited about doing a Haiti benefit/concert/book event with them tonight in Philadelphia. Details of where and when and how below (and only $10; c’mon!). Vito (who with his wife Monique are The Welcome Wagon) and...
by Kent | Jan 12, 2011 | Faith, Featured Entries, Haiti, International Development and Missions, Writing
Here are several articles I wrote for this day, as well as a report on our work for the past year: 1. CNN.com article on “One Year Later” here. 2. Huffington Post article on despair and hope here. 3. A radio interview on NPR’s “The Story”...
by Kent | Jan 4, 2011 | Featured Entries, Uncategorized, Writing
After Shock is the featured book for the first two weeks of January over at Patheos.com. They do a great job with their website. There will be some new content from Haiti, discussion of the book, etc. You can go directly to the section featuring the book here.
by Kent | Dec 6, 2010 | Featured Entries, Uncategorized, Writing
During this past year I wrote my second book, “AFTER SHOCK: Searching for Honest Faith When Your World Is Shaken.” It’s about (alas, putting something into a sentence what you hope necessarily took 40,000 words) stories from Haiti and my own...
by Kent | Dec 6, 2010 | Featured Entries, Haiti, Uncategorized, Writing
Earlier this year, as part of the release of this book, there was a chance for six people to win a free trip to Haiti. There were over 80 essay submissions. Most of them were really thoughtful. It was an honor to read them. And then I realized what a dumb idea the...
