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I do not understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us. – Anne Lamott I am a junky for any and all personality type assessments available online or otherwise.

Embracing the power of story

Like the rising river in the Arkansas Delta, the persistence of poverty still looms just over the levee, threatening to wash young people down paths of violence, drugs, food insecurity, unemployment, and early death.

We share a new series in BNG’s Storytelling Projects “Arkansas Delta” as part of our "resilient rural America" theme.

This series will address the precise focus on literacy and leadership development to build children’s imaginations, the story of Swim Camp where children and teenagers not only learn to swim but learn to pursue leadership, and video interviews of those connected to Together for Hope Arkansas.

At the center of Arkansas Delta’s fight against poverty and division: an 85-year-old swimming pool

Imagination is the greatest threat to Delta poverty, Together for Hope Arkansas says

We created Storytelling Projects because we believe stories, rooted in the Jesus Story, have the power not only to inform but to transform people and communities. They can be sources of spiritual insight, imagination, creativity and hope for all who seek justice and mercy.

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