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article on Christianity Today: Buy the Product, Not the Sob Story

October 29, 2015 - 4 comments I'm excited to announce that I wrote an article on the social enterprise model and Thistle Farms - a social enterprise serving trafficked, addicted, and abused women in Nashville, Tennessee - for Christianity Today online. It's the front page feature today, which is more than I could have hoped for.

This piece was several weeks in the making and I'm glad I had the chance to rein in my thoughts with an editor. I'm pleased with the result.

Read Buy the Product, Not the Sob Story here.


Then come back here and comment. I'd love to know what you think.

I also wrote an essay on my faith journey for Elephant Journal. Read it here.