A Place for the Marginalized
One of the most outspoken Americans on behalf of the marginalized died yesterday. Eunice Kennedy Shriver died at 88 years old, far from a marginalized person herself.
Archive October 14, 2010
Summer Missions projects over. Raise your hand if you know what was transformed.
August always hits me like a brick as I find myself overwhelmed thinking about how the summer ended up and preparing for the upcoming school year.
Back in town and encouraged
The good news is that I had a wonderful week away last week with my family (no cell phone, no e.mail). The not-so-good news is that I returned to several hundred e.mails yesterday.
One of them was quite encouraging. Brett …
Our DAILY bread
My kids love summer Wednesdays because my church, Lake Avenue Church, does a Wacky Wednesday series that lives up to its name. This summer, my church is wisely offering Wednesday evening parent training meetings.
A few nights ago, our …
Journeying Together Creating Walls of Support and Feedback for Students
This final sample from our new short-term missions curriculum Deep Justice Journeys includes both theory and practical ideas for ways to surround students with support while they serve.
Justice or Forgiveness?
Dealing with justice issues is so complex. Especially when dealing with individuals who have been convicted of crimes worthy of civil punishment. A wrong act was committed; it is right to suffer the consequences for that act. However, it also …
And You Think You Can Give
I can’t stop thinking about this article that was included as part of the Gathering’s E-Update. According to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Data, America’s poor donate more-in percentage terms (4.3% of income)-of their income than higher-income …
Stuff Has a Story – And It’s Us
Looking for some interesting fodder for a youth group talk focused on justice this summer? Try The Story of Stuff. It’s not a church curriculum video. It’s a truth-telling video by a maverick storyteller who cares about global injustice.…
Justice Church Partnerships
This weekend as I was reading Christianity Today, I was struck by a quote from an interview with Princeton’s Robert Wuthnow based on his new book, Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches
Effective Homeless Ministry
About a year ago, Fuller’s Dean of the School of Psychology and I had lunch with the senior pastor of Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Mark Brewer. Mark is a Fuller alum and a good friend of Fuller and I …