Post Tagged with: "poverty"

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  20 books @bibledude readers are reading right now [march 2012]

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  I’m not surprised a lot by this month’s list of what BibleDude.net readers are getting themselves into. It was a month when I was on a mission trip to Haiti doing a great deal of work with orphans and the poor. So to see several books on these issues on [...]
   
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  book review: when helping hurts [how to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor ... and yourself]

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  It was all starting to make perfect sense. I listened to stories about communities who didn’t seem to care about maintenance as I stood there in Haiti looking at a broken (and now unusable) well. I also heard stories about American missions teams coming to visit well projects they’ve funded, [...]
   
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  building a better boat [thoughts before my trip back to haiti]

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  I feel like I’m learning the definition of trust as I hesitantly step into the boat. My anxiety increases with every heartbeat as I casually inspect the vessel that’s about to take me across Lake Azuei. Now isn’t the time for me to recall the River Monsters marathon that I watched before [...]
   
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  8 books @bibledude readers are reading right now

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  During the month when my book finally came out in a print version, I’m not surprised that it was the best-seller in this month’s list of stuff that our readers are picking up. But one thing I think is nice to see in this month’s list is a focus on [...]
   
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  purple jacket lady

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  I was at the drug store yesterday, in line for a prescription, and a woman in a purple jacket melted down…. just… went to pieces right there in the prescription line. “I can’t DO THIS ANYMORE!” She screamed at the stunned cashier, who blinked quickly while everyone stood there staring, [...]
   
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  [video] 60 seconds to significance: why is work important?

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    It’s all about transforming lives. I’ve seen this in rural Kenya, as well as downtown in the city where I live in here in Florida. We all want to feel like we’re able to contribute to society in some way. In fact, I could argue that one of the [...]
   
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  walk with me [an interview with @danohlerking]

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  Legacy. It is a game-changer. Sometimes the biggest impact that we can have is not merely in the lives of those we help, but in the lives of those we have the greatest influence over… our kids. When I talk with a guy like Dan Ohlerking, I see a man [...]
   
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  the @childrenscup back-to-school project [an interview with @danohlerking]

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  While on a mission trip to Uganda, I saw a message scribbled with chalk on a door. It said, “No education, no future,” and continued, “with education dreams com true.” I don’t think I realized right away how much that image would impact me. We live in a country where [...]
   
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  on @childrenscup [an interview with @danohlerking]

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  I’m always honored to talk to people who are working to help kids have a better chance at life. Dan Ohlerking is one of those guys. He’s the Internet Campus Pastor at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, LA, but he also works with an organization started by his missionary parents called Children’s [...]
   
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  the back-to-school supply list

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  My son starts school in the third grade this week. That means we’re checking our lists to make sure that he has everything he needs. I was looking at the supply list from his school, and thinking about the things he’s required to bring. This is the list for his [...]
   
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  the mini-fridge

  for reflection, poverty, the latest 6 comments

  I stand up and stretch my legs for a moment. I need to do it more often, because having a desk job like mine can easily result in poor circulation (causing a whole bunch of other health problems). Somehow I feel like staring at the computer monitor for too long [...]