by Chris Fitzgerald | Aug 21, 2020 | Staff and Friends' Blog
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God...
by Chris Fitzgerald | Jul 28, 2017 | Staff and Friends' Blog
To be completely honest, it is incredibly intimidating sitting on top of a mountain with a host of people who are giving their lives, and in some ways their families’ lives, to serve the poor. When you hear stories of what goes on in some of these neighborhoods, it...
by Chris Fitzgerald | May 12, 2017 | Staff and Friends' Blog
The mission statement for DSM is “to love our neighbor by revitalizing impoverished neighborhoods through spiritual and community development.” The word from this that has been on my mind over the last few months is the word “neighbor.” What and who is my neighbor?...
by Chris Fitzgerald | Sep 2, 2016 | Staff and Friends' Blog
Reflections from CCDA in Los Angeles by Chris Fitzgerald, Ministry Fellow There have been a lot of references to the “Mic Drop” in the circles I have been around lately. For those of you that don’t know, the “Mic Drop” is a point in a conversation or speech that is a...
by Chris Fitzgerald | Dec 11, 2015 | Staff and Friends' Blog
A few weeks ago I was on a plane, and as I normally do I put my headphones on and got ready for a flight of going in and out of sleep mixed with listening to some of my favorite music. The song that came on first was a version of Amazing Grace called Broken Vessels,...