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Powerhouse Women of the Bible Stole

Christen and I very much appreciate the work of the annual conference, Nevertheless She Preached. When we began talking to them about being a vendor at their event for the first time last year, the...

Vero's Story (and how you can help)

I write this as I finish up my last plate of enchiladas de mole in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico. Over the next two days, I will travel back to Alexandria, Virginia, and tomorrow afternoon I will get to...

"Aunt Jackie"

I have known Jackie Robinson since before she married Jack. Butch and I had just moved to Fort Worth, Texas to continue our graduate education. Jack and Jackie were engaged when Butch and I joined ...

Catching Up with Atia

The first time I met Atia, I would have described her as quiet, shy. She relied almost entirely on her teenage daughter to translate for her, uncomfortable with the limited English skills she had a...

We are going to be okay.

We are going to be okay. This is what I knew—a knowledge of otherworldly conviction—as I packed up our tables and left National Cathedral Saturday evening. I had been awake since 4:15 that morning ...

Catching Up with Munir

We were delivering food baskets to refugees. A volunteer called us. They had met a newly arrived family from Pakistan. The man told them he was a tailor. That is how we met Munir. Since that time ...

Catching Up with Hayder

When Threads by Nomad first launched, we introduced you to each of our teammates through a brief interview. We asked them about themselves, their families, their home countries, and how they were s...

A Delayed Dinner and the Lessons I Learned

We had not been in Africa very long. We wanted to get to know the members of our team. To this end, we began inviting an employee and his or her family over for dinner, one by one. It was our firs...

Our Fancy New Video

Mom and I had wanted to produce a brand video for a while. Especially as we began to build The Off Ramp, we felt that our story — which is what makes us different and is at the heart of what we do ...

A New Collection & A New Venture

I have long admired the Refuge Coffee Company. Located just outside of Atlanta, the non-profit coffee spot works to serve the local refugee population through coffee-related job creation, job train...