The ideal goal of charity is to lift the recipient to a position of independence. What does it look like to successfully lift poor people out of poverty...
Poverty is a signal of the failure to acquire suitable resources for the achievement of one’s ends. Since life in this world is always marked by the limitation...
No one of goodwill is unconcerned about poverty. When we see poor people struggling in life we all instantly sympathize with their plight. We are also moved with...
In the years following World War II, foreign aid was the dominant strategy for stimulating economic growth in impoverished countries. Over time, however, the use of aid has...
Losing your job stinks. Getting fired, laid off, or going bankrupt – the form it takes doesn’t matter. It feels terrible. Uncertainty and shame sometimes go hand in...
IFWE works with a lot of theologians and economics professors at colleges and universities across the country. When we talk with them, we notice that a lot of...
I sat across from Tony Casson, the founder of the Mission Muffins workforce ministry. We were in a small coffee shop in downtown DC. As we jumped into...
Despite the ravages of sin, the world is an amazing, awe-inspiring place. This should not be much of a surprise as we know the One who created the...
One of the greatest “sins” of international development and humanitarian work is paternalism. It comes with an attitude that “we from the West are better than the Rest.”...
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