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Is Rich Christian an Oxymoron?

Newsweek magazine once ran a cover story on poverty in America. Their cover featured the face of a one-year-old girl named Faith who had been rescued from a flooded home in New Orleans.  And as Jonathan Alter wrote in his article “The Other America,” Faith, a child in poverty, was a stark reminder of the economic disparities in this country.  As we watched pictures of the poorest of the poor in New Orleans, Alter says those pictures represented a growing population in this country.  In a nation of nearly 300 million people, 37 million live below the poverty line. The average CEO in this country earns 185 times as much as the average worker in this country. Alter argues, as others have before him, that there are two Americas: the rich America and the poor America: 37 million people make up poor America; 263 million make up rich America. Many of us are part of rich America.Read More »Is Rich Christian an Oxymoron?

How to Know God’s Will: 6 Guiding Clouds

A Sunday School teacher was in my office a few years ago.  He shared the plight of a couple in his class who were wrestling with a decision.  They were wondering if they should pursue children and career here in Memphis, TN or if they should move closer to their families of origin.  They were agonizing over the decision, trying to discern God’s will.  They wanted to know “What direction is God pointing?” Read More »How to Know God’s Will: 6 Guiding Clouds