Activist Faith

In June 2009, I traveled to Titanyen, Haiti, for a week of missionary activity with Mission of Hope, my second journey to the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. On our last morning, we began the trip back to the Port-au-Prince airport in the back of a delivery truck, similar to the affectionately called “tap…

For those who missed it earlier this week, my friends at CARE are offering a new way for you to help put an end to extreme hunger around the world. By simply joining their petition, you can support a comprehensive U.S. plan to end global hunger. Petition letter and details are below. Please sign and…

My friends at Bread for the World have recently launched a great online initiative to help encourage members of Congress to protect food programs for the poor. Please read and support this effort. Yes, our nation needs to make some budget cuts, but not in this area. Thanks, Dillon +++ OVERVIEW As so many are…

My friends at CARE are offering a new way for you to help put an end to extreme hunger around the world. By simply joining their petition, you can support a comprehensive U.S. plan to end global hunger. Petition letter and details are below. Please sign and share. Your efforts DO make a difference! +++…

Quotes inspire. Enjoy some of my recent favorites, including a couple of my own, relevant to those seeking to live out their faith regarding the social change issues of our time. Please like and share, retweet and repost! “Go and do likewise.” -Jesus “Be the change you want to see in the world.” -Gandhi “Love…

Thank you for your recent efforts to join the petition to stop human trafficking at Wyndham Hotels. As of today, 11,699 people have signed. More importantly, according to the petition editor,”ECPAT-USA is in very positive discussions with Wyndham Hotels and we feel very confident that they will soon be a signatory to the Code of…

Inspirational quotes from the New Testament as we celebrate our nation’s freedom: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Corinthians 3:17 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. -Galatians 5:1 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But…

“…They will call him Immanuel.” –Matthew 1:22 Immanuel. The Hebrew word means “God with us.” The eternal Creator of the universe stepped out of eternity past and into space and time. The designer of human anatomy limited Himself to a human body to one day allow that same body to be beaten and bruised on…

In kindergarten, racism was not part of my vocabulary. My friends had skin of all kinds of colors in our somewhat urban environment. We were brothers and sisters, friends and buddies. Whether learning to tie our shoes or eat glue, we were one family.Second grade presented a different twist. My parents left the city like…

Guest post from Daniel Darling, pastor of Gages Lake Bible Church in suburban Chicago, Illinois and author of numerous books, including iFaith: Connecting with God in the 21st Century. +++ I had a conversation the other day with someone about a guy we both grew up with. This guy was considered a “bad kid”, always…

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