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Monday, March 5th, 2007Having spent some time at a congregation that evolved into a “name-it-and-claim-it” church in the late 80s, I was skeptical of Pastor Daniel Hill’s series title “Faithonomics” at River City Community Church on Sunday. But given his participation in CCDA and UYWI I figured some slack was due. And it was! Pastor Daniel gave an [...]
How would you spend a $100 million bonus?
Thursday, December 14th, 2006Wall Street behemoth Goldman Sachs will award over $16 billion in bonuses this holiday season  an average of over $600,000 per employee, but up to $100 million for the highest earners. ABC News offers perspective on what $100 million could buy/give.
A Framework for Understanding Poverty
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006Two years ago, in my pre-blog life, Here’s Life Inner City graciously allowed me to attend their national staff training on “A Framework for Understanding Poverty.” The material came from Dr. Ruby Payne’s book by the same title. For people who care about working with the poorest of the poor, the materials are excellent. Downloads [...]
What to make of this?
Friday, December 1st, 2006James 5:1-6 (NIV): Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last [...]
Warren Buffet on a Just Tax
Thursday, November 30th, 2006Warren Buffet thinks it’s unjust that he, one of the richest men in the world, pays less tax (as a percentage of income) than the secretaries in his office. And he manages to pay less without the benefit of any loophole-stretching tax planning. It turned out that Mr. Buffett, with immense income from dividends and [...]
Money and Me, Me, Me
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006It’s often said that money changes people. Now a team of experimental psychologists has found that just thinking of money changes people. With money on their minds, experimental subjects became more focused on themselves–in both good ways and bad. Report. HT: Bob Campbell, Guy Kawasaki60 late days account credit dateaccreditation online university boardprograms online certification [...]
More perspective, courtesy of YouTube
Monday, September 25th, 2006The Miniature Earth: “If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this …” cent ringtones 99eagle ringtones bald americanfree ringtones absolutleyolam ringtone adonairtel ringtonecomposer 3310 ringtones19952 de contact harringtonringtones 2.99 Map
Willowcreek, Part 3
Friday, August 11th, 2006Session 3, Bono: Jubilee, AIDS and Poverty Jesus begins his ministry with Jubilee (Luke 4). An era of grace. Most satisfying experience of 2006: Not just writing music, which is his gift. The most satisfying was his SERVICE, through the One campaign. ONE aims to represent the poor and vulnerable with honor. They deserve the [...]
Bario Shalom
Saturday, August 5th, 2006Peace + Love + Justice + Fiesta Latino churches have overnight found themselves surrounded by new middle-class ‘neighbors’ right in the barrio, while many of their members have been forced to move away from the communities where they have grown up all of their lives–because the can no longer afford to live there. The pastors [...]
Biblical Compassion: Suffering Together
Friday, August 4th, 2006… if we open up those Bibles the meaning of “compassion” becomes clear; after all, Hebrew and Greek words commonly translated as “compassion” are used over eighty times in the Bible. Their most frequent use is not as an isolated noun but as the culmination of a process. Repeatedly, in Judges and other books, the [...]
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