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Blood:Water Takes a Pilgrimage
The inaugural year of the Pilgrimage Festival was one for the books! With three stages and an A-list lineup that included catalog acts such as Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson, the buzz leading up to the festival made…
Photo Friday: From the Farm
On Tuesday, Little Big Town joined us for our annual Farm event. It was a beautiful night and an incredible performance. We are so grateful for the generous support they’ve shown Blood:Water over the years, and the lasting…
Hope Lutheran Church: The Walter Project
This summer, we were blessed by the many churches that participated in The Walter Project. There were many creative and hardworking children’s ministry programs that used our curriculum for their Vacation Bible School or Sunday school. Hope Lutheran…
Pilgrimage & Hootenanny
The Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival and Blood:Water! For all the narratives about working slowly and being a sailboat of an organization, sometimes things move quickly. Six months ago I became aware of a new music festival…
Photo Friday: #my1000wells
If you’ve read co-founder Jena Lee Nardella’s memoir, “One Thousand Wells,” you’ve learned how an audacious goal to bring clean water to 1,000 communities in Africa taught her to love the world instead of save it. Now we…
#WaterWednesday Giveaway
It’s that time again! We love our loyal Blood:Water blog readers, and to show our appreciation for our readers, we are giving away a Water is Life t-shirt and stainless steel water bottle. To enter the giveaway, tweet to…
That’s a Wrap!
The “One Thousand Wells” book tour ended on Saturday night in the Bay Area. It was a bittersweet night atBook Passage in Corte Madera, where many friends and family members of co-founder Jena Lee Nardella came to not…
Photo Friday: West Coast Book Tour
We kicked off the West Coast leg of the “One Thousand Wells” book tour in Seattle last night. A great crowd showed up at the University Book Store, including our co-founder, Jena Lee Nardella’s college roommates, camp buddies,…
Photo Friday: Book Tour Launch
It’s been a whirlwind of a week at Blood:Water. Jena’s memoir, “One Thousand Wells,” released this week, which began the launch of her book tour. Jena, Jars of Clay’s Dan Haseltine, and other Blood:Water staff are now traveling…
The Countdown is On: One Thousand Hours for “One Thousand Wells”
Co-founder Jena Lee Nardella’s memoir, “One Thousand Wells,” was released yesterday! To celebrate, we are spending the surrounding one thousand hours providing two schools in Kenya with clean water. Here’s the breakdown: 2 schools + 2 water tanks…