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March 6, 2013 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

How Wealth Inequality Hurts Churches

Have you seen the video on wealth inequality that went viral this week? The video is based on a study by Harvard Business professor Michael Norton. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out here. Millions have been passing it around and dropping their jaws when they see the dramatic difference between the average […]

Filed Under: Federal Budget, Inequality, Poverty Trends and Research Tagged With: church, Churches, faith, Federal Budget, Hunger, Inequality, Michael Norton, Poverty, Wealth Distribution

September 5, 2012 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

A Labor Day Sermon by Rev. Michael Livingston: Best Seat in the House

Best Seat in the House James 2:1-10, 14-17 Rev. Michael Livingston; Director of Public Policy, Interfaith Worker Justice Delivered at the United Methodist Chapel at 100 Maryland Ave NE Washington, DC on September 5, 2012 I’ve got a new friend.  Her name is Vernell Livingston.  I met her last October at the fall mobilization for […]

Filed Under: Child Poverty, Federal Budget, Fighting Poverty with Faith, Hunger, Inequality, Jobs, Poverty Trends and Research, Sermons, Theology and Ethics

December 19, 2011 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

Our God, Born into Poverty: A Christmas Reflection.

Yesterday on Capitol Hill, we held the last Faithful Budget prayer vigil of the year. Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches, led the vigil. Please read the compelling Christmas reflection he offered yesterday. It is a theological reflection on the meaning of the incarnation for the engagement of Christians […]

Filed Under: Federal Budget, Homelessness, Hunger

October 7, 2011 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

The Church’s Calling and Challenge

By: Carlos Malavé, President of the National Association of Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Staff and Associate for Ecumenical Relations of the PC(USA) The financial difficulties in our country have deepened and the markets seem to keep us in a whirlwind of suspense. My first thoughts when I hear the news of the fall of the markets […]

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