This post originally appeared at BGAV.org. By the time I stepped off the plane in Vienna, Austria, in June 2000, I had already made new American friends, but the best was still in store for us. Our Impact! International team brought…
I have been out of youth ministry for 10 months, and there are a few things I miss. Relationships with leaders. Great weekend retreat experiences (although I don’t miss late nights and early mornings). The kids. There is something about…
‘This is not an argument in favor of orphanhood and deprivation,’ Brown writes, ‘but the existence of these eminent orphans does suggest that in certain circumstances a virtue can be made of necessity.’ [143] Instead of responding in a ‘let…
Walking into the neighborhood drug store tonight, I could see a gentleman sauntering toward me as I approached the front door. I looked up from putting my keys in my pocket and made eye contact. “Do you have some change?”…
This blog post originally appeared back in 2010 on our youth ministry blog, archived at GaytonChurch.org. At that point in time, we were trying to make a lot of good come from disappointing situations, and it’s a lesson a lot…
This post is a continuation from yesterday’s introduction to why we need to change the food pantry goals. Here are four things Lupton says we need to consider in our development work: Don’t subsidize poverty When we give away food…