Karibu. Welcome.
This site is about a story – a story of beauty, a tale of humanity, a narrative of life and joy. It’s an account of the value of human life. It’s about your story.
This site is about questions. How do we live out our humanity? How do we celebrate and cherish life? How do we serve others? It’s about exploring those questions.
I hope you’ll join us.
Live lavishly in all love’s lasting light
Learn love’s lost language laughing low and long
Sit still and see the sweet and silent sight
Sing softly in the solitude your song
Go out with generous gratitude and grace
Give graciously out of your greatest gain
Treasure truth’s tender and tenacious trace
Take thought while in the truth you try to train
Have in your heart the hope from heaven’s hold
Hear the hope that’s happiest and highest
Behold the beauty bountiful and bold
Be to brilliant blessings ever biased
Ponder these precious prayers with present pose
Practice their pleasant poetry and prose
The human story is about value. Decide to see beauty – in the world, in others, and in yourself.
The human story is living out of that value. Make the world a better place – in whatever definitions of world and better that are appropriate for you. Build rich and meaningful relationships. Do work that matters. Create art. Give people dignity and respect.
The human story is worth fighting for. Counter the structures of despair, indifference and fear. Choose love, hope, and joy.
The Bright Army is a coalition of people striving to bring hope into the world. It is an army of love and generosity.
It’s mission is to:
- Learn and explore what it means to see through the lens of humanity
- Live and celebrate the human story
- Make other people matter
I’d love it if you joined me.
My name is Joshua Harbert. In 14 years of growing up in Africa, I saw the beauty and grace of humanity amidst the injustices of poverty. Efforts to live, and help others live, in that humanity drive much of my thinking and writing.
I am a human – I live, love, learn, laugh, and cry – I dwell in today
I tell the stories – Highlighting humanity – Poetry and prose
I create websites – Helping others show their art – Bringing elegance