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Entrepreneurial NGO
Kiva.org has got to be an example of what happens when smart, economist types get really passionate about doing something against world poverty. Once again it was on Makeesha’s blog that I saw the link: but this is a really cool initiative. Basically, you lend money directly to people in developing countries for the express [...]
Posted in God Stuff
Also tagged dont-be-tight, poverty, practical-application-in-developing-countries
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Can we really consider canning consumerism?
For those of you who have an adverse reaction to clicking on the “Comments” links, I wanted to quote a little bit of the exchange that I’ve been having with “Deri” (not Gerry’s real name…. oops) on my “The Greatest Show I’ve Ever Seen” post. Deri said: Since Bono is an anti-poverty campaigner, why does [...]
Posted in God Stuff
Also tagged Bono, consumerism, really-tough-questions-that-dont-have-simple-answers, social-justice, U2
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Does overseas adoption do more harm than good?
(Crossposted over at advoc8) The recent Madonna adoption issue, has once again brought the idea of foreign adoption into the public eye. I found this article from one man’s personal experience with foreign adoption a very interesting insight. From the article: “I loved my father, my mother, my siblings and my village Dilla, but if [...]
Underlying Motivations
I’ve said it before, but when you start contemplating an idea, it seems to pop up just about everywhere. And after posting over at advoc8 on the (RED) project, and thinking about how much the motivation behind some of those benevolent actions actually matters, there are a number of issues that have hit home surrounding [...]
Posted in God Stuff
Also tagged (RED), africa, AIDS, Bono, consumerism, motivations, social-justice
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What you should have been reading while I wasn’t posting…
I’ve been pretty slack at posting anything (intensive week at Tabor), but here are some links to good things happening in the blogosphere that you might like to have a look at. Letters to Christians in the US – Brian McLaren has got a few people from around the world to write open letters to [...]