meeting your sorrows head-on,

We’re also considering the possibility of forging a new path right where you are.

the novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said: “What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.”

What is the intersection of your talents, what the world needs, and your passion?

This is the great paradox, the mystery: when you immerse yourself in serving others wholeheartedly you find yourself, along with many answers to the “what next” questions you’ve been seeking.

if you don’t figure things out before you move on, you’ll almost certainly find yourself in the same spot.

Askinosie Chocolate is my vocation and it’s the only reason we’re able to do what we do.

He and the others admonished me: “Don’t talk to your dad about death. It is a sign of weakness and Jesus won’t heal him if you have such doubt.” So we didn’t discuss it. My dad would try to talk to me, but I would say, “Dad we can’t talk about it or you won’t be healed.”

Direct trade is about relationships. It’s a practice, and a way of being.