Being Overwhelmed With Circumstances

Normal is what we’re used to.  When things are going worse than normal, we complain.  At least, I complain.  But when faced with those less fortunate, it readjusts our thinking of what normal really is and makes us give pause before complaining. I took the following two pictures on the same day, March 18th.  One …

When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty

Introduction (and all that implies) When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor… and Yourself by Steve Corbett and John Perkins. I heard of this book through a required reading list of a certain Missions organization, purchased it, and recently finished it.  Though written from a Biblical perspective, the highlights I took away were …