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Blood:Water Book Club: “One Thousand Wells,” Section 3
Summary Upon attending the funeral of a college friend in Lwala, Kenya, Jena learns about the practice of ignoring grief due to the high frequency of death in the community. She also witnesses extreme cultural differences when she…
Don’t Miss Pilgrimage Pairings Next Weekend!
Get ready for one of the greatest nights of music you will ever experience! John Paul White, known for his deep-rooted, shadowed Americana that served as the backbone of the critically acclaimed, multi-Grammy Award-winning duo, The Civil Wars,…
Blood:Water Book Club: “One Thousand Wells,” Section 2
Summary After touring with Jars of Clay for a while, Jena Lee Nardella flew to Kenya with Joel, a Blood:Water volunteer to investigate possible partners for Blood:Water and strategize for the 1000 Wells Project. While in Kenya, Jena…
Blood:Water Book Club: “One Thousand Wells,” Section 1
Summary In the first section of “One Thousand Wells,” we begin to understand Jena’s sheltered childhood and what evolved from her early life in the Bay Area and Colorado. Her first experience with poverty marked her life forever,…
Blood:Water Book Club Celebrates the One-Year Anniversary of “One Thousand Wells”
It’s back! Blood:Water Book Club returns this month with a book selection we can’t wait to read with you! To celebrate the one-year anniversary of co-founder Jena Lee Nardella’s memoir release date, we will read “One Thousand Wells”…
SmallFest Presents: Mercyland Concert Series & Pilgrimage Pairings
There are few things that get me more excited than when I find myself at the intersection where music and social activism cross paths. Since Jars of Clay began our extended hiatus from touring, I have been dreaming…
Travel with Us to Zambia this Fall
Are you interested in traveling to Africa with Blood:Water? This fall, we are taking a Vision Trip to Ndola, Zambia, and we would love for you to join us to see what is happening because of your faithful…
Blood:Water Book Club: “The Poisonwood Bible,” Section 7
Summary In Book Five: Exodus and Book Six: Song of the Three Children, we can see how differently the Price sisters have all chosen to see their pasts and move forward, and how their philosophies have been shaped…
Cups for a Cause: Lemon:Aid Success Story
Our friend, Victoria, heard about Lemon:Aid on the radio, and decided she wanted to help people in Africa like her pen-pal, Petronious! After a late night building the stand and a hot Friday selling lemonade, she not only…
Blood:Water Book Club: “The Poisonwood Bible,” Section 6
Summary In this section of Book Five: Exodus, we see the Price family dealing with the loss of Ruth May. As soon as she dies, Orleanna has to keep moving, and marches straight out of Kilanga with her…
