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Who is your king? (updated for 2025)
I came across a couple of lengthy quotes by Father Oscar Romero, a priest from El Salvador who became archbishop of San Salvador in 1977...

Lisa Lee
3 min read


Increase your resilience during challenging times (updated 7/2025)
The Tree: Increase your resilience This is an exercise to increase resiliency. Doing this exercise when you are not under stress will...

Lisa Lee
2 min read


Travel Preparation: Global Polio Concerns
International travel can be an exhilarating adventure, opening up a world of new experiences and cultures. However, to make the most of...

Lisa Lee
3 min read


The Essential Guide to International Travel Advisories (updated 7/2025)
A Quick Primer for understanding and following the US State Department's Travel Advisories Find the perfect devotional for your team at...

Lisa Lee
5 min read


3 Ways to Prepare for a Short Term Mission Trip: a response from an African host’s perspective
In 2021, I had the tremendous opportunity to complete a graduate program at Wheaton's Humanitarian Disaster Institute (...

Lisa Lee
4 min read


Best Advice for Short-term Mission Packing (updated 7/2025)
Best Advice: Don’t overpack Packing can be overwhelming. You want to pack what’s important, but also what is comforting. The downfall for...

Lisa Lee
3 min read


Am I an ethical storyteller?
Ethics is based on well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights,...

Lisa Lee
2 min read


Let Us Not Forget About Those Who Remain in Afghanistan
Many have fled the nation of Afghanistan, and many have decided to stay or have no other viable choice. Fleeing one’s home country has...

Lisa Lee
4 min read


Weaving golden strands beautifully into Biblical Justice
I am always impressed by the outlook of Wheaton's Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership (HDL) social media posts and today I found a...

Lisa Lee
4 min read


Did you know that humanitarians have a code of conduct?
Being a part of a humanitarian mission entails much more than just doing good and being kind. It extends further than distributing basic...

Lisa Lee
1 min read


Humanitarians and the Gift of Vulnerability
In Brené Brown’s famous TED talk of June 2010, which has been viewed 53 million times, she confesses to running into a wall in her...

Lisa Lee
3 min read


Needs vs. Assets: However You Engage a Community, Start with Listening
Article by Claire Stewart, Senior manager of strategic initiatives at HOPE International, from the Better Samaritan I found this article...
Claire Stewart
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Who is your king?
I came across a couple of lengthy quotes by Father Oscar Romero, a priest from El Salvador who became archbishop of San Salvador in 1977...

Lisa Lee
3 min read


Seeking Refuge: A Book Review
Learning about Refugee and Forced Migration through a class at Wheaton’s Humanitarian and Disaster Institute (Humanitarian and Disaster...

Lisa Lee
2 min read


Did you know that conflict can provide opportunities?
In this season of uncertainty, unrest and division we can feel discouraged or even hopeless. Some of us may experience fear of the...

Lisa Lee
2 min read


Christ’s Peace in Ethnic Conflict
Christians who, by their action or inaction, add to the brokenness of the world, seriously undermine our witness to the gospel of peace.” th

Lisa Lee
1 min read


Knowing God
We are able to know God because He graciously reveals himself to us.

Lisa Lee
2 min read


Just Factfulness
We are all experiencing unusual and distressing times. If our daily diet consists of large amounts of mass media, we may become...

Lisa Lee
3 min read


It is all about the "Heart-work"
To know God's Word is to know God.

Lisa Lee
4 min read


Two Comforts and Three Questions from John 14
As followers of Jesus, we have the Word of God and the Holy Spirit to comfort us

Lisa Lee
2 min read
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