There is nothing more powerful than a mom who wants to care for her children. Mothers have been reported to pick up cars when kids are in harm’s way. They have sheltered loved ones from collapsed buildings. And you know, when the cubs are around, you never want to mess with mama bear. The...
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Five Convictions on Poverty Alleviation
This week, I had the privilege of participating in a panel with several economists, theologians, and authors. We shared on a book we coauthored, For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty, edited and produced by Anne Bradley at Institute for Faith, Work & Economics. Though I felt like a kid on...
Confessions from a Recovering Toxic Charity Addict
By Jeff Rutt, Founder, HOPE International; Chair, HOPE International Board of Directors; Founder/CEO, Keystone Custom Homes I didn’t intend to found HOPE International. We were just church members looking to help a sister church in Ukraine. Year after year, we dropped shipments—of clothes, food, supplies. But we received a wake-up call. The pastor took...