Have you ever done a Google search on someone before meeting them? After hearing the words “In preparation for our meeting, I googled your name” from the head of a large school system, curiosity drove me immediately from the meeting to my computer. Here’s what I found: Drew Peirce the Special Effects genius. “Mastermind Drew Peirce and […]
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Yesterday was my 39th Birthday. I know, I know… “39 in the new 29” right? (Yea, let’s go with that.) And I found myself celebrating in the most unlikely of settings: a room full of brown and black belts. Now, before you mutter to your screen, “Why Drew, I didn’t know you were a master
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My first time leading worship as a young seminarian I walked boldly up to the podium, cleared my throat, looked down at the liturgy, and confidently recited the words “In God there is no hope.” Oops. Yea, big oops. I have no idea where the “no” came from. No idea why it entered my mind or came
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As you might expect, here at KIDS HOPE USA we see many notes and letters from believers. Working with hundreds of churches nationwide mobilizing thousands of mentors and prayer partners, you’d expect to hear from a believer or two. But that’s not what I mean. We receive a remarkable number of messages from school personnel asking
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As I write this, new Directors from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa are one floor below me at Director Training. It is a room overflowing with energy, laughter, and passion to see church members engaged in “I-believe-in-you” relationships with at-risk neighborhood children. It is simply beautiful. Two things strike me about this group. First, their diversity. Churches ranging
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If you asked me a year ago where we would be having Director Trainings this fall, Georgia would not have been at the top of the list. Heck, it would not have even made the bottom of the list. You see, we did not have a single KHUSA partnership in the entire state, or even a
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