Latino Social Work

Ana Leon, PhD explores the importance of understanding the different Latino cultures when dealing with social work issues.

Life isn’t easy

Psalm 121

A Pilgrim Song

 ^1-2 I look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains? 
   No, my strength comes from God, 
      who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.

When we’re worried, God can reassure us.  When we’re sad, God can comfort us. When our hearts are broken, God is not just near; He is here. So we must lift our thoughts and prayers to Him. When we do, He will answer our prayers. Why? Because He is our shepherd, and He has promised to protect us now and forever.

God is God whether we recognize it or not. Nothing about that can change, except us.~Lisa Whelchel

Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are. Can you believe that? Can you trust God for that?~Elisabeth Elliot

God is in control, and therefore in everything I can give thanks, not because of the situation, but because of the One who directs and rules over it. ~Kay Arthur

The choice for me is to either look at all things I have lost or the things I have. To live in fear or to live in hope. Hope comes from knowing I have a sovereign, loving God who is in every event in my life.   ~Lisa Beamer

Latino Mental Health

This is a great short article about the Latino community in the United States and adequate mental health.  Cultural issues get in the way of needed mental health services.  Access to care is a serious problem.  Latino youth are especially at risk.  

Aid to Haiti

There are a lot of needs and a number of opportunities for us to reach out and help.  Here are some great organizations that offer a number of ways for aiding the people of Haiti. 

http://www.water.cc/initiatives/haiti/

http://www.one.org/blog/category/earthquake-in-haiti/?aux=27

http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.94aae335470e233f6cf911df43181aa0/?vgnextoid=15c0c5a210826210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD

70 Words for 2010 (if you enjoy thinking differently once in a while).

Business thinkers:  celebrate the holiday season with the gift of great ideas.

Seth Godin, the innovator, writer, and blogger guru, has persuaded 70 other innovators, writers, and bloggers to participate in a project he calls What Matters Now.  Click here to download for FREE.

The idea is simple: Each of them suggests one word that all of us should think about in 2010, and then takes one page to explain why and how that word matters.

Caution: once you start reading it, you might not be able to put it down (or click the X button, since you will probably be reading it on your screen).  Unfortunately, nothing about this collection of ideas will close your eyes or put you to sleep. But if you put some of these eye-opening ideas to work, they may just help you to sleep more soundly in 2010, which promises to be another year of challenge and change.