David Snell is the President of The Fuller Center for Housing.
It’s Christmastime, that glorious season when we turn our hearts to giving. One of the best parts of growing up is having our thoughts move away from the gifts we’re going to receive to those we’re going to give. I don’t know what’s in the packages under the tree with my name in the “To” […]
I first traveled to Nepal in September of 2005. This was one of the two places that set The Fuller Center for Housing on the path to becoming a worldwide housing ministry. (The other was post-Katrina Shreveport.) I had been fascinated by that part of the world from my earliest memories, and visiting Kathmandu was […]
Every now and again someone comes along with enough vision, energy, charisma, focus and faith to make a significant difference in the lives of many. Just such a man was born 80 years ago in a humble mill town in west Alabama. Today, January 3, we celebrate the birth of Millard Fuller, a man who […]
When Jesus counseled us to reach out to the poor, He probably didn’t mean for us to make them dependent, rob them of their self-esteem and take away their initiative. Unfortunately, that’s just the effect that much charitable giving has. The Fuller Center for Housing offers people of goodwill a more enlightened way of giving. […]
It’s Easter, the richest day in the Christian calendar. Today we celebrate the two events that define our faith—the redemption and the resurrection. This is the day that the gospel is fulfilled. It also marks the end of a truly remarkable week, one that started with a triumphal procession and ended with the crucifixion. It […]
We had quite the weekend here in Sumter County, Georgia. We’d planned for some time to have our spring Fuller Center International board of directors’ meeting here. Then President and Mrs. Carter agreed to have dinner with the board, so we decided to make an event out of it. Things got started on Wednesday evening […]
I was back in Indianapolis last week — seems that I visit there more than any other Fuller Center site (most likely because they keep inviting me back!). I was there for their first annual Millard Fuller Legacy Awards Banquet. It was a grand event. Jeff Cardwell, a member of our Board of Directors and […]
Last Friday marked the third anniversary of the death of Millard Fuller, who, with his wife Linda, founded Habitat for Humanity and The Fuller Center for Housing. Those of us who’ve been called to continue the pursuit of Millard’s dream of eliminating poverty housing miss him every day. Millard was one of those larger-than-life individuals […]
