Jacob Sims
Jacob works for an anti-trafficking NGO in Southeast Asia. From 2015 to 2020 he led an international development consulting practice and served as adjunct faculty at the College of William & Mary — teaching and guest lecturing in courses on Education, Human Rights, Migration, and Global Health. He previously led humanitarian and human rights reporting programs in northern Myanmar and co-founded a social justice organization in eastern Uganda. Jacob holds a Master's degree from LSE. He is currently preparing to publish his first book, a memoir titled WanderLOST: stories from the winding road to significance.
Bio last updated March 13th, 2020.
Articles by Jacob Sims
The Myths of Starting Over
By Jacob Sims
March 4, 2020
When we travel and separate from our historical baggage and community, we reach a radical moment to start over, writes Jacob Sims. But we do not start from square one.
I ponder for a moment how the weight of cultural dominance reinforces our belief that we are somehow the heroes of this story, entitled to our wealth and privilege and selfish personal myths Since leaving home for college nearly 15 years ago, I’ve experienced a number of ‘fresh starts’ in strange new cities around the world Only once we remember this simple fact — that we are not sufficient, but we are not alone — will God truly begin to prepare us for His great good works wherever we find ourselves
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Freedom From Words
Jacob Sims
January 9, 2019
The choice to learn another language, Convivium contributor Jacob Sims contends, is an example of action that can lead us to, and ground us in, the sense of community where genuine human freedom opens to us.
And, in fact, for this very reason, our culture teaches us to hold our beliefs, communities, relationships, our very identities loosely; to break free from the bonds of our particular circumstances, and to embrace limitless choice as an individual being Once we’ve made that decision, our task is to ...