Development

A Woman's Right to Fish

Oscar Perry Abello 6-10-2009

If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. If you teach his wife how to fish, you feed the whole family for a lifetime.

Praise and Criticism for Obama's Cairo Speech

Aaron Taylor 6-10-2009

The world stood at attention as President Obama gave a historic speech to the Muslim world. In mainstream U.S.

To Hell with Human Trafficking. There, I Said It.

Eugene Cho 6-03-2009

Is it possible that we as Christians just aren't angry enough about injustices like human trafficking and slavery? Perhaps we've grown too desensitized, domesticated, and docile.

Taking the 'Micro' out of Microfinance

Oscar Perry Abello 6-02-2009

For too many households around the world, living paycheck-to-paycheck is a luxury out of reach.

My Mama in Congo

Harper McConnell 6-01-2009

We were in Masisi, a small town in the endless rolling green mountains of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Poor Can Lead the Charge

Oscar Perry Abello 5-26-2009

If Hernando de Soto was overestimating how much wealth the world's poor have accumulated<

Equitable Neighborhood Revitalization

Neeraj Mehta 5-26-2009

A standard definition of community development often goes something like this:

Proximity: Relocation Doesn't Equal Relationship

Neeraj Mehta 5-20-2009

One of the principles of the Christian community development movement is "relocation." While the principle has depth to it, more times then not it is lived out as people who choose to move their p

A Moment or a Movement? Sustaining Momentum after the Mobilization to End Poverty

Troy Jackson 5-05-2009

As the pastor of a church with a deep

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Jack Kemp: Bleeding-Heart Conservative

Jim Wallis 5-05-2009

In 1965, in a last minute move, the American Football League switched its All-Star game from New Orleans to Houston.

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The Hole in Our Gospel: Interview with World Vision's Richard Stearns

Robert Gelinas 4-24-2009

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Travels with Bruce Cockburn: Into the Soul of this World of Wonders

Cathleen Falsani 4-24-2009

There's roads and there's roads

- Bruce Cockburn's "Child of the Wind"

Mali. Mozambique. Central America. The Himalayas. Kosovo.

Might Will Never Make Right In Afghanistan

Randy Woodley 4-15-2009

I consider myself a peacemaker and a patriot. I come from a long line of warriors and military servicemen.

A Crucial Time in the Fight Against Global Poverty and Climate Change

Ray Offenheiser 4-07-2009

The realities of global poverty are very stark.

Calling a Nation to its Best Values and Priorities

Sharon Watkins 4-07-2009

Some might say that this is the worst possible time to have a Mobilization to End Poverty. An elder of a church I served once told me, "You can tell a lot about a person by looking at their checkbook register

A Vision for the Foreign Aid Budget

4-06-2009

I would like to address the foreign affairs portion of the president's budget.

They Killed Sister Dorothy: HBO's Book of Martyrs

Craig Detweiler 3-27-2009

From Joan of Arc to Sir Thomas More, courageous martyrs continue to inspire us. Their powerful witness is memorialized in homilies, books, and even movies.

Earth to G-20 Part 2: The Hidden Treasure of the IMF

Elizabeth Palmberg 3-11-2009

[continued from part one] Recently, Neil Watkins took some time to answer a few questions fr

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Earth to G-20: 'The Developing World is too Big to Fail'

Elizabeth Palmberg 3-11-2009

Recently, Neil Watkins took some time to answer a few questions from Sojourners assistant editor Elizabeth Palmberg about the upcoming G-20 meeting, the global economic crisis, and hel

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A First Person Fight for the Millenium Development Goals

Teddy Warria 2-24-2009

I am the tenth of 17 children from a polygamous East African family. I hail from the village of Kamnwa in western Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, and grew up in Nairobi City.

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