Here’s the third in a list of excuses we use not to care more about the world outside our doorstep, based on a talk Adam and I gave recently.
3. The Security Monger. There’s a thousand things the media and our neighbors tell us to fear today: we could list playgrounds, E. Coli, Salmonella, BPA, recalls, [...]
Archive for July, 2010
2. Local Do-Gooder. This person says, “I’m already a soup kitchen volunteer, a member of seven church committees, and a quilting be queen! Isn’t what I do in my own community enough?”
In answer I say, “Yes it’s enough, and also no.” There’s no brighter star from Jesus for caring for someone in Ethiopia versus someone [...]
Our many excuses
Jul 22
Last Saturday Adam and I talked at Lifest in Oshkosh. The talk landed smack in the middle of a terrific rain storm, so between drenched people flowing in to take cover and the pounding cats and dogs on the roof, I’m not sure what came across to the audience, but here’s what we intended to [...]
Treasures in the Mud
Jul 13
When we moved to a city in Africa, the first reason my daughter Phoebe discovered to love the city was the abundance of brown coins. In South Africa, the smallest coin given out for change in stores is the five-cent coin, worth much less than the value of a U.S. penny. That means people are [...]
I just read Faith Without Borders: Doing Justice in a Dangerous World, by a good friend Don Mosley, 2005 winner of the Pacem in Terris Award, who has worked with Jimmy Carter, Millard Fuller in founding Habitat for Humanity, refugees from dozens of countries, and some daring work in the middle East and North Korea. [...]
The 100 Year Plan
Jul 2
Adam and I teamed up for a Relevant Magazine article on How to Live to Be 100.
“It is better by far to depart and be with Christ, we read in the Bible.
Is that a license to load on the cheese fries? Or to reach for the super mega jumbo bucket of soda at the gas [...]
