G.K. Chesterton once said, “Journalism largely consists in saying ‘Lord Jones is dead’ to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.” I so desperately want to change that.

I want to encourage a generation of people to find out what is going on around them. More than that, I want them to know who is alive. I want to hear more good than bad. I want that to be news. I want to show you how a small, community-led organization in Kenya is lending a hand to their neighbors so that they can eat. I want to show you how a church blessed with a generous congregation is sending doctors to Haiti who are providing medical care and offering their services for free. I mean, isn’t that the kind of thing you want to know?

I do not want to live in a world where the only news I hear is sad and horrific and painful – where every story is filled with death and despair. Forget it. I’d rather be in heaven. But if we can share the stories of compassion, of love, and of kindness…those stories are what keep us going. They are the only ones that keep humanity worth fighting for, and for me, the only ones that keep media worth living for.