We all know that the unemployment rate in our country is quite high - 8.5% as of December 2011. However, what most of us don't realize is that it is grossly inadequate as it fails to take into consideration the long-term unemployed and the underemployed as millions of Americans are only able to find part-time …
Category: Justice
Slavery? In the 21st Century?
Many people are led to believe that slavery was abolished centuries ago. Perhaps in some forms it has, well at least formally, so that it is no longer an accepted or legal practice. But informally, slavery or human trafficking is alive and well. Human trafficking operates all over the world most commonly as forced labor …
Exploring Communion as a Means of Reconciliation
Apartheid is a form of racial segregation that affected South Africa for decades. Most effective during the period of 1948 and 1982, the Nationalist party’s aim was to divide the country into separate states based on race. Undeniably, these actions led to many fiscal and economic disparities in the black parts of the country. Places …
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Reclaiming the Church
One of the most wonderful things that I learned and came to really understand while working for Bread for the World was the importance of backing my faith up with my actions. My belief and trust in Jesus should work itself out in my behavior and not just in church attendance, reading the Bible and …
Divided and Conquered
I am not one to believe that there is a demon hiding behind every bush nor am I one to go looking for them. However, I believe that Christians, myself included, do not recognize the power behind demonic oppositional forces in that we constantly seem to be waging war against one another instead of powers, …
Three Ways to Sustain the “Call”
Passion in and of itself does not sustain the 'call', no matter what the call is. For me, the call is salvation of souls and justice for the oppressed, but it could easily be a thriving church, a profitable business, ministry to unreached people groups, or something entirely different for someone who is driven by …
Ebony Johanna 