Sad News from Haiti

The people of Haiti have never deserved the hand they’ve been dealt, and that only got worse early this morning, … More

What I Know About Haiti

I’m no expert on Haiti. I’ve been there twice in the past four years, for a total of two weeks. … More

Even though I’ve been back home for nearly a month, people I haven’t seen in a while keep asking how … More

One of the amazing things I learned in Haiti happened in a little room located at the headquarters of the … More

A poem I wrote after our scary Wednesday in Haiti. The boy lies limp in the dust Of the road. An … More

There were several times in my time in Haiti when I felt like the world as I had known it … More

One of the most interesting parts of our stay with the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP), in Haiti’s Central Plateau, was … More

It was the lights of Miami that told me our trip was over. The lights I didn’t take for granted, … More

Trip co-leader Mike Carpenter warned us at Tuesday night’s evening reflection that if something is going to go wrong during … More

We are settled in with our Haitian hosts after a whirlwind day and a half. The 13 members of the … More

I am headed back to Haiti in early 2016, with my youngest son and members of local Unitarian Universalist congregations—including … More

Kelly and I spent a week in Haiti. I can’t say it’s life-transforming—it’s simply too early—I can say it opened … More