Dear Mr. President, Cancer kills 7.6 million people world-wide each year. You have lost loved ones to this devastating disease and so have I, including my mother who was only 40. But even the horror of cancer does not kill as many human beings each year as extreme poverty does. 10,950,000 completely innocent men,… [Read more…]
January 9, 2011
Dear Mr. President, You will be our elected leader for two more years and possibly an additional four after that, and history will judge you in the context of the office you hold, but it is far more important to consider how you will be remembered as a person. Certainly it is human nature to want… [Read more…]
December 13, 2010
EACH DEATH STATISTIC IN EXTREME POVERTY IS A HUMAN BEING THAT WE FAILED TO HELP. Maiba was five years old when she died. She had spent 60 months living in constant hunger and pain. She was chronically sick and weak. Her physical growth had been delayed and her mental faculties had not developed fully.… [Read more…]
November 29, 2010
TO BE A CHILD IN EXTREME POVERTY IS TO LIVE A LIFE FILLED WITH DANGER. It is heartbreaking for anyone to have to live under the severe conditions of extreme poverty, but it is especially tragic when so many children have to struggle against death every day of their lives. Instead of the joys of… [Read more…]
October 24, 2010
YOUR COMFORTABLE LIFE COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS. The alarm goes off; you hop into a nice warm shower that lasts about five minutes and uses 20 gallons of water. You pick out your clothes from an expensive collection of styles and colors, and then you head to the kitchen where you have an… [Read more…]
September 10, 2010
EXTREME POVERTY KILLS 25,000 CHILDREN EACH DAY. MANY OF THESE DEATHS ARE FROM A LACK OF MEDICAL CARE. * You wake up in the middle of the night and your child is coughing violently. She is sweating and burning up with fever. She drifts into incoherence and then suddenly begins to shriek in pain. You… [Read more…]
July 30, 2010
THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS TAKE IN OBSCENE AMOUNTS OF CASH WHILE A BILLION HUMAN BEINGS TRY TO SURVIVE ON ONE DOLLAR A DAY. The subject of religion is fraught with emotion. People become incensed if you do not agree with their way of thinking or if you ridicule their particular beliefs. No one wants to have… [Read more…]
July 20, 2010
IS IT GOD’S WILL THAT OVER NINE MILLION CHILDREN DIE EACH YEAR FROM EXTREME POVERTY? It is impossible to believe that a loving God would want millions of innocent children to die slow agonizing deaths as part of some master plan for the human race. These deaths are not God’s doing, but his followers certainly play… [Read more…]
June 8, 2010
KILLING DOES NOT COME NATURALLY TO US. When we are driving down the street and a small animal darts out in front of us, our instinct is to hit the brakes. Without thinking we instantly do everything possible to avoid killing the animal. It is a natural response to avoid harming a living creature. We… [Read more…]
April 29, 2010
NOTHING CAUSES EXTREME POVERTY FASTER THAN WAR. The ghastly effects of war lingers for years. Suffering occurs at every level of society, but it is even more pronounced among the poor. Armed conflict causes the displacement of innocent civilians, it cuts off food supplies, it separates families, and it causes loss of livelihood. People lose their… [Read more…]
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