People respond not the world as it is, but to the world as they perceive it to be. This simple but powerful truth about perspective is particularly important when it comes to setting poverty policy in the United States. Are the poor ‘cheating’ and ‘lazy,’ or is poverty the product of a system that throws […]
Mothers Fighting Poverty: Rhonda Case, Portland, Oregon
Leading up to Mother’s Day, the NCC Poverty Initiative is sharing a series of stories lifting up, celebrating, and praying for mothers who are fighting poverty and alleviating suffering in their communities. Prayer for Rhonda: God, thank you for expressing your love through Rhonda to women in Oregon who draw on her to discover their […]
Mothers Fighting Poverty: Rev. Traci Blackmon of St. Louis, Missouri
Leading up to Mother’s Day, the NCC Poverty Initiative is sharing a series of stories lifting up, celebrating, and praying for mothers who are fighting poverty and alleviating suffering in their communities. Prayer for Traci: God, thank you for expressing your love through Traci to the St. Louis community in so many ways. Thank you […]
Mothers Ending Poverty: Stephanie Krauss, St. Louis, Missouri
Leading up to Mother’s Day, the NCC Poverty Initiative is sharing a series of stories lifting up, celebrating, and praying for mothers who are fighting poverty and alleviating suffering in their communities. Prayer for Stephanie: Creator God, thank you for expressing your love to disconnected and dropout youth through Stephanie. Thank you for filling her […]
Frequent Flyers Move the Hearts of Congress.
Many have already begun to experience the harsh impacts of the foolish Budget Sequester that set in motion indiscriminate slashes to government funding on Friday, March 1, 2013. Budget experts said it would be very difficult to reverse the sequester, and most did not have insight into how to help the 600,000 women and young […]
Easter Hope to End Child Poverty: Spring 2013
Christ is risen, and Easter hope is alive among Christians working to end child poverty. Check out our Spring newsletter. Read about how: * the Church of the Brethren cultivates Christian citizenship ethics and skills in youth * West Virginia and North Carolina faith leaders are tackling child poverty * you can write to Congress […]
Child Poverty Focus in 2013 Christian Citizenship Seminar for Church of the Brethren Youth
Each year for decades, The Church of the Brethren has hosted a week-long Christian Citizenship Seminar to foster civic education and leadership development among youth. In 2013, the seminar focused on how child poverty harms the development of families and communities. (See the promo materials here.) The group of 45 youth and their advisers examined […]
Improbable Scholars: the Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America’s Schools
This book review was shared by Jan Resseger, Minister for Public Education of the United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries and chair of the National Council of Churches Public Education and Literacy committee. I was up late last night reading Berkeley professor, David Kirp’s new book about school reform in Union City, New […]
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 […]
Faithful Alternatives to Sequestration – A Message to Congress
This message was sent to Congress today on behalf of the Interreligious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs. It is with great concern over the effects of the sequester that I write to you today. These budget cuts will harm real people; they are not an academic exercise and this is no laboratory for testing […]
