Home of Author and Speaker Elisabeth Corcoran

Elisabeth’s Bio
Elisabeth Corcoran is the author of In Search of Calm: Renewal for a Mother’s Heart (2005) and Calm in My Chaos: Encouragement for a Mom’s Weary Soul (2001). She is wife to Kevin, and mom to Sara, 11, and Jack, 9-&-3/4. Her passion is encouraging women and the Church, and applying her gifts to eradicating global poverty, as well as local and global AIDS, one small step at a time, which she hopes to fulfill through her writing and speaking, and her connection with Open Door Clinic in the Fox Valley area and her church’s partnership in Bo, Sierra Leone.

Recommended Links:

Christ Community Church – Blackberry Creek Campus
www.ccclife.org

www.one.org
ONE is the campaign to make poverty history.

www.bloodwatermission.com
"The 1000 Wells Project is a simple campaign. It is difficult to argue whether or not a person should have clean water. It is also difficult to deny the equation: $1= clean water for 1 person for 1 year." -Dan Haseltine, Jars of Clay lead singer and co-founder of Blood:Water Mission

www.mops.org
MOPS International is a great resource for finding a group of moms to share your life and figure out motherhood.

http://www.compassion.com
Compassion International is driven to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name. You can sponsor a child through this incredible organization.

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive
The Hunger Site is the original “click to give” site. Click each day and donations are made to alleviate hunger around the world.

http://www.samaritanspurse.org
Samaritan’s Purse is known for their annual Shoebox campaign. You can find the gift catalog here each Christmas.

Ten Thousand Villages
http://www.tenthousandvillages.com
Ten Thousand Villages showcases artisans all over the world, along with their beautiful work, all the while cutting out the middle man.

Bead for Life
http://www.beadforlife.org/
Bead for Life assists women in Africa to start small businesses while women in America benefit from their gorgeous handiwork.

http://globalgirlnetwork.com/
The Global Girl Network keeps you updated on what’s going on around the world and gives practical ideas to pitch in.