A Copernican shift in thinking about charity–Dan Pollotta
In the public’s eye, high administration/overhead, is the Great Satan of fundraising. Anybody in development for any length of time feels it, has chewed her fin...
Tag: Hope Mission
Preface to a new chapter
For what it’s worth, let me introduce myself to you as of March 2013: You could, if you wish, take me for a has-been. Retreaded once too often: the tread, havin...
Wise hope—hope beyond hope-and-fear
There’s hope that has fear as a twin. A tremulous sort of hope that lives in the future and leeches off the past. It’s derivative. It counts on resu...
Hope Mission’s Thanksgiving Dinner–1000 people too many
Wouldn’t it be great if Hope Mission put on a Thanksgiving Dinner…and nobody came? Wouldn’t it be great if everybody had a family and a home where they could sp...