Today I am headed home from Orlando, having just spent the last 24 hours at the DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative National Conference. DVULI is a 15 month training program for some of our nation’s sharpest urban leaders; every year, 12 …
One of the things that is heartbreaking to me, and I’m guessing you too, is how poverty is such a vicious cycle – so hard to escape.
An article in last week’s “New York Times” reveals the effects of our economy, not just on adults but on kids.
I was really encouraged by this article in “Christianity Today” about musicians’ heart for justice. I thought you might be too.
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 …
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 …
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 …
At least so says Dambisa Moyo, a native Zambian with a Harvard and Oxford education who recently authored the book Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
This past Saturday I joined 30 high school students from my church for a poverty simulation. The kids and adult leaders gathered on Friday night, at which point they were told that they were going to lose all of their …
$450 billion. That’s what the folks at the Advent Conspiracy website say we spend in the U.S. on Christmas each year (these statistics are based on 2006 figures). While Christmas shopping has already been on my list for a few …
