Last week you all posed some thought-provoking questions about my post on what Christ really meant when he said “the poor will always be with us.” One question...
A friend of mine recently told me about an intriguing and exciting non-profit, Safe Families for Children (SFC). It is a ministry serving families who need temporary care...
Have you ever seen the movie “Castaway” with Tom Hanks? If not, please do. It is the story of a FedEx executive, Chuck Noland, whose cargo plane crashes...
In the 1990s, the World Bank surveyed over sixty thousand of the financially poor throughout the developing world and asked how they described poverty. What surprised me was...
Work, rather than being a source of dread and a cause of loathing, can bring delight and joy if we do it right. Part of “doing it right”...
We live in a strange paradox. Our cultural narratives are comprised of concepts like “rugged individualism,” “pull yourself up by your bootstraps,” and “every man for himself.” Independence...
Economists at the Brookings Institute bring the happy news that the United Nations’ goal to reduce the number of people in extreme poverty by fifty percent by 2015...
You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for you have created all things, and for your pleasure they are and were created.” –...
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Five Reflections on Freedom, Fulfillment, and Flourishing for Your Memorial Day
Editor’s note: Today we gratefully remember those who have died in military service. In light of today’s holiday, Dr. Anne Bradley offers five of her favorite reads on...