Apr 12, 2024 | Poverty, Serving, Uncategorized
The vast majority of Americas have heard of poverty. It is the state of poor people or perhaps even it is or was us or me. The line of who is in poverty and who isn’t often exists unconsciously in our minds. Wherever that division is, we classify people accordingly....
Mar 21, 2024 | Generosity, Gratitude, Micah six:eight, Poverty, Uncategorized
In my last blog of this series, I consider the obstacle of projecting ourselves, our preferences and our desires onto our neighbors. However, this isn’t just a challenge at the individual level. This happens on a larger scale in our societies. One of the forms this...
Feb 16, 2024 | Housing Justice, Poverty, Serving, Uncategorized
Clean Up Thursdays on Atkinson Street have changed. Since the city removed the tents and cleared Atkinson Street, the Newmarket clean-up crews’ job has shifted, and walking with the crews has changed as well. Previously, while some crews walked into neighboring...
Feb 7, 2024 | Poverty, Uncategorized
If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. (1 John 3:17-18) “Poverty is often material...
