Poverty

My Day on the Hugo Chavez Show

Rose Marie Berger 11-25-2008

Tonight, PBS's Frontline will air "The Hugo Chavez Show: An illuminating inside view of the mercurial Venezuelan president, his rise to power, and the new type of revolution he seems to be inventing -

Win a Trip to Africa in the Sojourners and World Vision Filmmaker Challenge

Matthew Hildreth 11-25-2008

Sojourners and World Vision need your help to promote the Mobilization to End Poverty, the event this spring where thousands of Christians will come together to call on President Obama and the new Congress to pass historic anti-poverty legislation.

Thinking Thankfully About Money

Rachel Anderson 11-25-2008

When you are giving thanks this week, why not give thanks for money? Sound crass? It shouldn't be, because that's what could empower a household economy based on gratitude rather than one driven by greed or guilt.

Share Your Dreams: Achievements, Challenges, and Our Identity in Obama's America, Part 4

Rev. Romal J. Tune 11-24-2008

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Give Thanks in All Circumstances

Valerie Elverton Dixon 11-24-2008

A Second Bretton Woods?

Neil Watkins 11-21-2008

Twenty heads of state descended upon Washington

this past weekend to discuss the global financial crisis and how to solve it. A communiqué and action plan came out of the meeting, but without President-elect Obama there, few had expected much to come in terms of concrete results

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Ethnic Cleansing in Orissa: India's Persecuted Christians

Joseph D'souza 11-20-2008

In India, the world's largest democracy, millions applauded the recent U.S.

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Black Friday and Consumerism, White Privilege and Buy Nothing Day

Eugene Cho 11-20-2008

All of you who have a pulse know that the Friday after Thanksgiving is the single most crazy shopping day in the United States.

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Audio: Biblical Redistribution of Wealth -- What You Think You Own is Not Yours

Efrem Smith 11-20-2008

In this clip, taken from a Nov. 2 sermon, Pastor Efrem talks about the implications of the commandment not to covet, and a biblical approach to wealth and ownership.

Addicted to the Streets

Bart Campolo 11-19-2008

Twelve years ago our dear friend Julia took a badly neglected baby boy away from his crackhead mother and made him her own.

Is the Dream Fulfilled? Achievements, Challenges, and Our Identity in Obama's America

Rev. Romal J. Tune 11-19-2008

Where have all the prosperity preachers gone? It seems like only yesterday when we were hearing about prosperity preachers and messages about God pouring out financial blessing.