African Children’s Choir members
When a single ministry program creates a positive impact in a variety of ways on a diverse group of people, I get chills. Besides the fact that it is an economical use of resources, there’s something aesthetically beautiful about the way these inspired programs work. It’s like seeing the incalculable benefit of community before your eyes. That is the feeling I had when I learned about the African Children’s Choir.
This afternoon I was graced with the opportunity to join a small gathering in Chicago with the members of the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band Jars of Clay to talk about Blood:Water mission, the non-profit organization they founded to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. We were also treated to a screening of the new documentary [...]
I found this photo campaign to be well done and very convicting:
On August 16th Rick Warren hosted presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain in a forum on faith and politics at Saddleback church in Lake Forest, California. Watch the entire forum online here at CNN, review the transcript below, then voice your reactions and opinions through commenting.
Finding a job with a criminal record is a very tough job. It will take hard work, planning and dedication. No one knows when all of your hard work will pay off. It may be next week, next month, or three months form now. The reality is, you probably have financial demands that must be met. Starting a business may be the perfect choice to earn some money. With a little creativity and hard work, you can start your own business. There are many ways aggressive people can get started in the business world. There are many self-employment options that have low start-up or investment costs. Your criminal record won’t matter running your own enterprise. Here are a few ideas:
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Trading Fairly for 60 Years – Ten Thousand Villages and the International Fair Trade Association
By David Bowring, Toronto from files found on www.tenthousandvillages.com
"Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry." Ephesians 4:26
I’m new to this, so why don’t we start with introductions. My name is Mark Hemenway. I’m President of New England Prison Ministries. We bring the Gospel inside state and county facilities in Massachusetts, mentor discharged prisoners, pastor the chaplains and whatever else comes up in the course of a day. Our web site is www.nepm.org .
Now secure on her property, IJM client runs successful chicken business
UGANDA?Today, to meet Aisha* — a Ugandan woman running a successful business — it is difficult to imagine the hurdles she has overcome. When Aisha?s husband died of AIDS, she was left to care for their two small children, ages 5 and 2, while battling HIV without treatment. In the years following her husband?s death, Aisha?s virus developed into full-blown AIDS, rendering her so sick she was unable to work or care for her children. Desperate to provide for her family, she sold her two-bedroom home to a distant relative named Jabeli.
Matt Chandler of the Village Church in Dallas Texas recently gave an outstanding message on what it might look like to be the hands and feet of Jesus – complete with a solid theological foundation and practical application for his community’s specific opportunities to live lives of love and justice.
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I hope mercy will be extended to me as a stump and bump along with my first blog. It has been my desire for some time to contribute in some way on a number of issues concerning deliberate misconceptions set forth by conservatives and those who are encouraged by them. Homelessness is one of those issues. Homeless people have been labeled as drug-addicts, drunks, or just plain lazy. The Reagan Administration in 1987 instituted budget cuts that virtually put disabled veterans from the VA hospitals and those being cared for in nursing homes onto the streets because they were required to show financial need to receive care and those who were not put out received reduced care. This is from an ideology that glorifies the military.
"Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." Romans 12:2
Last year, the church I attend did a bible study through the book of Romans. I would recommend going to www.harvest.org/women and checking out the Women’s Bible Fellowship link on the left side. It was a great encouragement to me throughout the year and also helped to convict me of some serious sin issues in my life. Romans 12:2 was one of those verses.
It was an intangible “something” permeating the Blood:Water Mission event at Bergfeld Park on Tuesday night, attendees said. But describing that “something,” using words such as “historic,” “unprecedented” or even “miracle” became inadequate to them.
“From what I saw last night, it was just a move of God,” summed up the Rev. Joe Canal of Tyler Christian Fellowship, after failing to find other words. “It was primarily a grassroots movement of people that finally had its moment of expression.”
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