Posted in Africa, Film, Justice, Poverty, Social Justice, tagged A Powerful Noise, Bosnia and Herzegovina, CARE, Feminism, Helene Gayle, Malie, Nicholas Kristof, Vietnam, Women, Women and Poverty on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last night Des and I attended the one night live event in movie theaters around the country A Powerful Noise. This event was a screening of the documentary by the same name followed by a panel discussion including Nicholas Kristof, Madeleine Albright and CEO of CARE Helene Gayle.
The film was a documentary [...]
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Posted in Africa, American Christianity, American Culture, Christianity, Culture, Devotions, Discipleship, Jesus, Justice, Poverty, Religion, Social Justice, tagged Advent Conspiracy, Christmas on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As someone who is both a Christian and one who has devoted a significant chunk of life to providing clean water to those without it I truly appreciated this video:
If you are interested in being part of the solution visit Advent Conspiracy here.
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A war that has been going on for years has reached new levels recently.
It
is
crazy
in
the
Congo.
People have conjured the memory of the Rwandan genocide in this country that it neighbors and in which many people fled to after that gruesome genocide fourteen years ago. Pray. Stay [...]
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The World Bank, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the British Government and other private donors have promised $3,000,000,000 (billion) to eradicate malaria! Estimates are that between now and 2015, one of the benchmark years of the Millenium Development Goals, 4.2 million lives will be [...]
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Posted in Africa, America, American Christianity, Christianity, Devotions, Discipleship, Homelessness, Justice, Love, Poverty, Religion, Social Justice, Spirituality, Theology on September 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Times are hard. I work at a homeless shelter for single men with a resource center in the front offices for homeless individuals and families, and business has been booming lately. We have seen a dramatic increase in people coming through our doors seeking assistance. Some have seen their budgets tighten dramatically [...]
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Posted in Africa, America, Christianity, Discipleship, Justice, Life, Missions, Peace, Religion, Social Justice, Uncategorized on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last night Des and I attended an event held by International Justice Mission. IJM is an organization we have known about for a few years now, and one I have partnered with in little ways here and there in the past. They are launching a new Freedom Partners program and we were invited.
The [...]
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Posted in Africa, Christianity, Culture, Discipleship, History, Justice, Peace, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Social Justice, Spirituality, Uncategorized on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As part of my research for my master’s thesis I am studying Desmond Tutu and his role in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. In that research I have come across the Kairos Document, a type of South African Barmen Declaration that helps to describe a theology of the church’s relationship with the state [...]
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