Hope

Looking For Light Along the Border

Becky Garrison 2-08-2011

For many Americans, the Sonora Desert conjures up images of a summer vacation replete with tequila shots and sunshine with Toby Keith's "Stays in Mexico" song blaring in the background.

How to Pray for Egypt

Lynne Hybels 2-04-2011

Here is a new update from my friend, Wafik Wahba, Associate Professor of Global Christianity at Tyndale University and Seminary.

Egypt Coverage Round Up

Jeannie Choi 2-01-2011

There's been a lot of fascinating coverage of the protest in Egypt today. Here's a round up of links and videos you may have missed:

Values at Davos

Jim Wallis 1-27-2011

Yesterday was the first day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, a little mountain village in Switzerland, where each January corporate CEOs, heads of state, and leaders of nonprofit organizations

Peace For Me Must Also Mean Peace For My Neighbor

Kiran Thadhani 1-26-2011

"To win the future" was a catch phrase for President Obama during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Unemployed in the New Year

Lillian Daniel 1-21-2011

People tend to approach each New Year with optimism, but the latest news about unemployment was not particularly encouraging.

Do You Know if There's Blood in Your Phone?

Elizabeth Palmberg 1-21-2011

Last summer's financial reform bill included something the world has long needed: a requirement that electronics manufacturers disclose whether their products include conflict minerals from Congo. Money from conflict minerals helps fund militias' reign of terror and rape in the country's eastern region. (See activist site Raise Hope for Congo's listing of how 21 leading electronics companies are doing at voluntary disclosure -- no one gets a gold star, but some are worse than others. Yeah, we're talkin' to you, Nintendo.)