Agents of Change: The ONE Campaign
The ONE campaign is possibly the most well known justice movement today. Fueled by the common good and championed by celebrity ONE’s goals may be not only the most wide sweeping but also the most immediately achievable political response to extreme global poverty and the AIDS pandemic. ONE believes that allocating an additional ONE percent of the U.S. budget toward …
Read MoreAgents of Change: Invisible Children
The Invisible Children campaign is a powerful movement to bring awareness to the child soldiers in Uganda. There are many ways to give support — begin by ordering their documentary. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/2zNCJ8txFBY" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] www.invisiblechildren.com www.visiblechildren.com
Read MoreAgents of Change: Blood:Water Mission
Hear, see, and learn from Blood:Water Mission a non-profit organization founded by the members of the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band, Jars of Clay, to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/uBnW3tdtfwQ" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] www.bloodwatermission.com
Read MoreWhat is the Christian Ideal?
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.” ~ G.K. Chesterton. More to come on these questions!
Read MoreAIDS in Africa
1 Corinthians 12:24-26: 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; …
Read MoreIsaiah, Amos, Dan and James on Religion
Isaiah 1:11, 17 11″I am sick of your sacrifices,” says the LORD. “Don’t bring me any more burnt offerings! I don’t want the fat from your rams or other animals. I don’t want to see the blood from your offerings of bulls and rams and goats. 17Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for …
Read MoreCompassion vs Social Justice
We can agree that Justice goes beyond compassion, but we also know that compassion is a fundamental part of the equation. We have also introduced the “justice continuum” illustrated in the external Charity/Individual Development/Community Development/ Structural Change — unpacked as give a man a fish, teach a man to fish, give a man fishing equipment and educate him how to …
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