By Sarah Fujimoto In the past few years I have come to an ongoing question as I have worked and lived amidst the poor. I have seen poverty and outward suffering in ways that have made me jump, jerk, cringe, cry, and have no response. Other questions like these seem to have lost their grip … Continue reading Two Case Studies of the Poor in California
By Jack Legg Editors Note: This modern psalm has been written to reflect the lives of the urban poor. It has been prepared as if it were appearing in a study Bible, complete with scholarly commentary. The reader will notice that footnotes have been added at some points to further clarify the meaning of the … Continue reading Psalm 151: A Psalm for the Working Poor
By Dirk Hamp During June of 2008, we returned to Uganda with a team of 45 people, many of them youth, to Kaihura in Western Uganda to work in our daughters home village. We lived in the village, learned about the childrens needs, carried the water with them, ate with them and shared their rooms. … Continue reading Days of Significance: Embrace Uganda
By Tom Schiavon Anyone in the room could have seen the eyebrows rise as the patrons saw her crumpled image appear on the other side of the glass door. In a city like New York, she shouldn’t have stood out. But here, in the pristine financial district of Manhattan, she looked a little out of … Continue reading Hot Coffee, Cold City: The frail woman in Manhattan
By Jeff Goins, Editor As an artist, do you believe that the arts can challenge fans to help change the world? How? Yes, I think so. Art can pull on human emotions in a way that no other form of entertainment can. Art has a way of seeping into our consciousness and sticking there. Songs … Continue reading After Edmund: Thoughts on Poverty
By Jamie Finch Tonight, I met a woman nobler than I could ever hope to be. She only has one leg because she lost the other in an accident three years ago. I don’t know the extent of the accident or even what happened. All I know is that the accident took her leg and … Continue reading Poverty and Possibility
By Lorie Newman Sell all your possessions and give to the poor. This was the command given to a very rich man in Matthew 19:21. Unfortunately, he went away greatly sorrowful because, as the Bible says, he had great possessions. Honestly, I have always thought of this rich man as very different from myself. After … Continue reading Highly Flammable: Materialism in The Face of Poverty
By Amanda Petersen I was in a leper colony. Sitting in a big wood box. Kind of like a bird house. Next to a man with no hands, no tongue, no toes. Sitting in his own excrement. His face looks like it’s melting off. A few of us sit next to him. We put our … Continue reading The Heart of A Leper
By Ericka Bennett I have seen scripture come to life in India in the most incredible way. The things I have seen and experienced have changed the way I hear God’s word- the way I see His life in my mind. I know now how it feels to touch a leper, to look into their … Continue reading Scripture Comes to Life in India
By Julian Newman Have you ever had something to do or somewhere to go and an unexpected interruption offered you an unusual choice? You see, most of us pray dangerous prayers and ask God to use our lives to help change the world. At times, with passionate cries and tears, we surrender ourselves to the … Continue reading Angel on the Run: A miracle story