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Social Justice Goodness Exposed
When it comes to helping the poor, how often does doing-good result in tangible, long-term good? Rarely, according to Laura Seay, a professor at Morehouse College. In the July/August 2013 issue of Fast Company magazine, Seay describes a phenomenon of goods-giving (known as dumping) to impoverished communities as “just treating one symptom of a much deeper problem, and treating symptoms is not a cure.” In reference to Tom’s Shoes, which donates a pair of shoes for every pair sold, she says, “The shoe seller goes out of business. He can’t send his kids to school.” In strange fact, Tom’s Shoe disbursements haven’t been as damaging as expected to local economies…
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2013 Graduates: You CAN Trust God
Your future is pulling you into new directions You feel the joy and stress of things not known The where, the when, the who, the whats? So many questions! And all that you’ve learned in its varying importance Registers one thing supreme above all: God’s plan for you through Christ Is safe in His hands and way beyond human control. He leads, you follow, like a lamb imperfect. You’ve been grafted onto His vine eternal and can trust that fruit in its season will come. You can rest in His promise that as your roots dig into the land, He is faithful. He promises, “Abide in Me, let…
