(Branson Tri-Lake News) — To say 17-year-old Riley Banks is on a mission could be considered an understatement. The Branson teen has distributed hundreds of backpacks and school supplies to children in Kenya, provided more than 1,000 hygiene kits to girls there, helped provide a medical clinic for more than 1,300 people and opened a school this year. She does it all through her nonprofit...
Misselainious: Help Me Reach $100K for Orphans in India
Hello! My name is Elaini and for those of you who have been following The Rebelution for awhile you know that Brett and Alex graciously agreed to feature my orphan care project two years ago. I styled one dress in 100 different ways over 100 days to raise $50,000 for orphans in India, blogging about the escapade all the way along. Well, the response to this campaign was overwhelming as the...
Bringing Christmas to Orphans
My name is Brooke Bernhardt and I’m a 19-year-old currently serving as a missionary in Pucallpa, Peru. Pucallpa is a city in the Amazon jungle where there is a vast amount of poverty and disease. Alot of people here struggle with malaria and Dengue fever. I work with an organization called AMOR Projects which stands for Ambassadors In Medical Outreach and Relief. I am volunteering here in...
What If Kids Are Far More Capable Than We Thought?
(Huffington Post) — In the U.S., we tend to think of babies and young children as immature, incompetent beings. This is because of a long history of research in developmental psychology — especially the work of Jean Piaget — that viewed infants’ and children’s thinking as deficient compared to adults’. By studying his own two children, Piaget concluded that children...
Unleash Hope: Filipino Teens Respond to Typhoon Yolanda
I believe that it is part of God’s wonderful design that though the world’s strongest storm hit our developing country, by faith, we can begin again. I was not affected by the typhoon here in Manila —physically. But one thing is clear, I am affected emotionally because even long distance from the affected regions, the desperate cries of my people are echoing clearly in my heart...
Let’s Talk About Music
“Sing for joy in the Lord, O you righteous ones; praise is becoming to the upright. Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings. Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy, for the word of the Lord is upright, and all His work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord...
Drafted: Why Chris Norman Said No to the NFL
(Desiring God) — I invite you to watch this moving 11-minute story of Michigan State linebacker Chris Norman. Desiring God commissioned the video because God is at the center of the story, and because at one key point, God used Don’t Waste Your Life as part of his surprising plan for Chris’s life. Special thanks to hip-hop artists Flame and Shai Linne for their contributions to the soundtrack...
Not a Math Person? Think Again.
(QUARTZ) — “I’m just not a math person.” We hear it all the time. And we’ve had enough. Because we believe that the idea of “math people” is the most self-destructive idea in America today. The truth is, you probably are a math person, and by thinking otherwise, you are possibly hamstringing your own career. Worse, you may be helping to perpetuate a pernicious myth that is harming underprivileged...