WHEN YOU SAVE “ONE LIFE” YOU ARE POTENTIALLY SAVING “MANY LIVES”. Because millions of people die each year from extreme poverty, it seems like an impossible task for one individual to make a meaningful difference…but what if your monthly donation to the relief agency of your choice saved just one life? What would the impact… [Read more…]
HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND HE WAS TOTALLY ALONE. The clothes on Katib’s back were his only possessions. He did not have a pair of shoes. Because he had not bathed in weeks he was filthy. His hair was matted and his teeth were stained. The stench from his body was overpowering. He was emaciated… [Read more…]
GREED IS AT THE HEART OF THE WORLD’S MISERY. GREED has plagued mankind down through the centuries. Militaries have been greedy for land. Leaders have been greedy for power. Individuals have been greedy for money, and all this selfishness has caused untold suffering. GREED drives us to purchase products that provide only temporary satisfaction. If the same… [Read more…]
THOSE OF US IN THE WEST ARE OFTEN UNAWARE OF JUST HOW EASY OUR LIVES ARE IN COMPARISON TO THE LIVES OF THE ONE BILLION HUMAN BEINGS LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY. It’s not that we are apathetic or selfish or preoccupied so much as it is a simple lack of context. We need to look… [Read more…]
June 30, 2010
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