Prayer Topic: Poverty
Poverty is often caused by societal systems that favor some people over others. And those systems are fed by broken beliefs
Praying for Widows
I had the opportunity to visit India a few months ago. While I was there, I met and talked with a widow named Nagamani. She was young—I’m guessing under thirty. Yet when she lost her husband, she felt her life [...]
Jesus in the Face of the Poor
This blog was originally posted on July 30, 2014 A few months ago I was talking to an acquaintance who owns several rental properties in town. He mentioned to me that one of his homes was open and that he [...]
Pray: Refugees
My earliest memory of being aware of refugees even existing simply involves sitting in a living room with a family I couldn’t talk to (because we didn’t speak the same language), and being served my first cup of Turkish coffee [...]
God in the Slums
The church is able, anywhere and everywhere—even in the most seemingly-impossible places and circumstances!! As I listen to Rahham’s director recall stories of life in the slums, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by all the hardship and suffering he [...]
Welcoming the Vulnerable
As I travel around the world (which is nearly constant now), I love to ask people, “What do you see God doing? How are churches reaching out to their communities? What can we celebrate?” Getting these glimpses of how churches [...]
Focusing on the Vulnerable
Reconciled World focuses on the vulnerable because we believe The Father focuses on the vulnerable. As we work with local churches, we teach them to look for ways to show love to those around them who are experiencing physical poverty, [...]
Love and Dignity Amongst the Differently-Abled
Sitting in my office, I was listening to someone tell me how I need to be distant from others to prove that I had ‘arrived’. Of how I needed to be in control all the time and not show a [...]