by david.brewer | Jun 3, 2017 | Business Philosophy, Individual's Story, SEED Team
We view the word “poverty” through a rather shallow lens, full of pity, aversion, and cardboard signs. We interpret it as “otherness,” which really translates to: not me. Well, what if I told you that we are all suffering from poverty? That poverty is defined as the...
by david.brewer | May 28, 2017 | Business Philosophy, SEED Team
Since I have been in Indy, I’ve skipped ten years of life. Not literally, in the sense that I left 2017 behind, and not academically, in that I have stuffed my brain full of knowledge and experience. But more contextually, in that I am practicing SEED’s...
by david.brewer | Nov 17, 2016 | Business Philosophy
Quick math quiz: if you start with the number two, and add two to it, what do you get? Now, what if you multiply two times two? Same answer, right? Well done! What if you repeat that pattern: addition versus squaring? Now the numbers are different. If you repeat the...
by david.brewer | Aug 29, 2016 | Business Philosophy
One of our favorite books at SEED is When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. Recently I was reminded of one of the key principles in this book: The authors say that 90 percent of the church’s charitable work should be focused on development, not relief....
by david.brewer | Jul 8, 2016 | Business Philosophy, SEED Team, Volunteers
SEED staff member David Brewer met Tanya Rosado in January 2015 while doing a presentation for South Atlantic pastors and leaders. Tanya was in Eastern University’s Masters in International Development program and looking for an internship. SEED’s process...
by david.brewer | May 20, 2016 | Business Philosophy, Group stories, Individual's Story, Products
When Rose was last in Miraj, India visiting the Dayanand Handloom Project, she met this gentleman, who told a fascinating story about the bag he carries. The bag was made by the Dayanand group, known as a group of people who have been healed from Hansen’s...
