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Comment on Africa - The Latest Trend?

2010-03-05T00:10:07Z

Great thoughts. Just because one is not called to personally go to Africa or any other 3rd world land that cries out for help does not absolve us from doing something about it. What are you doing to support those who work in those places? If you don't give money, then start with prayer. Lift the missioniaries, church relief organizations, and the local bodies up in prayer.

Comment on You Are International (Part II)

2009-12-29T20:57:12Z

This really relates to the old adage "Give a person a fish and they are hungry tomorrow. Teach a person to fish and you feed them for a lifetime. It's one thing to give of our abundance to feed those less fortunate than us, and I believe that God calls all of us to do just that. But in order to achieve the true calling that God calls us in order to transform lives, we need to be actively teaching people how to fish, whether that be mentoring people to a new and different mindset, training them in new skill sets, or just encouraging them to overcome their self-limiting fears. Our financial abundance can only do so much. It's up to us to take it to the next level with our personal involvement.

Comment on You Are International

2009-12-28T18:46:36Z

Alyssa: I encourage you to follow this link and read about some of the impact studies that have been completed regarding fair trade commodities and its effect on the benefiting farmers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade_impact_studies. Fair trade certifications are definitely not the silver bullet that will end extreme, generational poverty, but it is a start. I agree that there is much more that needs to done to raise awareness of the plight for survival that billions face on a daily basis and I sense that we both agree that the true solution to the poverty crisis begins with you and me.

Comment on You Are International

2009-12-28T18:20:04Z

I get to speak to a group of people about this on Monday at our church. Pray for us, if you think of it. If it's okay I might use you numbers from that one paragraph....
I am so happy I got to go -- it did really confirm so many things that God has been pressing on me.
Two things: I don't know what real, measurable good the fair-trade label does... See More for the grower and coop owners, do you? And two, even if we think of the farmer while we're drinking our morning coffee, we sit in climate controlled, beautiful homes filled with things like down comforters and running water and heat and send our kids off to amazing schools and drive our cars to and from work, while they wake up and wear the same clothes as they did the day before, serve their children kocho bread and tea (no milk for many), spend half their day fetching water barefooted.... the inequity is enormous. Even with all the coffee buying we Starbucks addicted Americans have purchased in the past decade, all that money from our $4 lattes hasn't really trickled down to the farmers who produced it.

Comment on The Conduit Principle

2009-12-21T16:38:04Z

How true this is. We are a very blessed nation, but we obsess over things that have virtually no eternal significance. If we could all tattoo Matthew 6:33 to our arms and read it every day (But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you) we would be in a much better frame of mind to give when God calls us to give.

Comment on Living Without Warranties

2009-03-05T21:17:21Z

Keith,
Thanks for these comments and the reminder that God is in control of ALL that is going on. I received an email this morning from Solomon Teka, the General Manager of Letta MFI in Ethiopia. Solomon reminded me of these same things saying, "The Chief Economist is God." The Bible tells us this in Haggai 2:8 where it says, "The silver is mine and the gold is mine, declares the Lord Almighty." For myself, I know I need to put my trust in the Lord and His eternal faithfulness to me.

Comment on What's Your Story

2009-02-27T22:59:08Z

My passion is "to use the spiritual gifts, skills and experiences that God has given me to challenge, train and mobilize a network of business professionals to find their place in impacting their community and world for Christ."