Faith Based Initiatives

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• More impressive acts of faith

  
  Beers with Demo — Authority: 504
  Hey, do you remember when they told us that if we voted for McCain it would mean a continuation of religion of agenda-driven moral certitude holding sway over facts, reason and science? Well, they were right. The high-priestess in the Obama administration’s faith-based global warming cabal, Carol Browner, cant ...
  12 hours ago

• Fix The ‘Faith-Based’ Initiative: Americans Oppose Hiring Bias In Publicly Funded Programs

  
  The Wall of Separation — Authority: 564
  It’s only a week away from Thanksgiving; the trees have all turned from green to vibrant shades of reds, yellows and browns and a crisp chill in the air puts me on pins and needles as I wait for the season’s first snow. As we reach mid November, the end of the calendar year always [...]
  1 week ago

• Permanent Supportive Housing 101 (Part 2)

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 485
  National research and on-the-ground experience indicates that providing homeless persons with a permanent place in which to live with optional, supportive services available on location is by far the most effective intervention available. Go figure. The solution to homelessness? Ladies and gentlemen, we have it!A ...
  1 week ago

• Christianity and the Crash

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 485
  Theres a very interesting article in the Atlantic Monthly , entitled Did Christianity Cause the Crash , by Hanna Rosin. The article asks a very important question: in what way may the prosperity gospel been complicit in encouraging the type of financial irresponsibility which led to last years economic crisis? "The ...
  2 weeks ago

• Out My Front Door

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 485
  This photo isnt so clear - taken with my phone from across the street and from an upstairs window. It doesnt capture very well the long line of men, women and children extending down the sidewalk to the left from our front door all the way to the corner, but they are there.I wanted to capture the scene and the moment ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama’s Office of Faith-Based Partnerships has a Web site and blog

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 442
  Office of Faith-Based Partnerships finally has an official Web site, and a blog written by Joshua DuBois. Long sidetracked. But there is still hope for it. Melissa Rogers is still on the advisory council. Those serving with her include Frank Page, a Southern Baptist. Ultimately enough breadth in the group, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Churches and Support of Urban Development

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 485
  At Central Dallas Ministries, as our revenue and budgets have grown, the percentage of income provided directly from churches has been on a steady decline for many years. The decline concerns me. I suppose my concern is rooted in how I understand the basic values of faith and the priorities of the faith ...
  3 weeks ago

• Walking to Support Ending Homelessness

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 485
  Churches participating in Dallas upcoming Justice Revival are asked, as a symbol of our commitment to become advocates for Permanent Supportive Housing, to participate in the upcoming Help the Homeless Walk-a-thon , on November 14.We will begin the work of strategically determining how to pursue the fulfillment of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Working for A City of Justice and Mercy

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 485
  According to Metro Dallas Alliances Point in Time census, there are about 6000 homeless people on the streets in Dallas on any given night. That is most likely a low estimate. Some of us place that figure considerably higher. While Dallas effort to deal with the issue of citizens living on its streets and beneath ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dallas Justice Revival: Worship AND Work

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 485
  Education is the great equalizer in our country. Yet it is becoming increasingly clear that more and more of our children are less equal than others. Its easy to see this problem as insurmountable, target poor students and their families for the personal responsibility sermon of the week and tend to our own. But at ...
  3 weeks ago

• Evangelical Christians on Immigration Reform

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 485
  On Oct. 8 the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) voted without dissent in support of comprehensive, national immigration reform. NAE president Leith Anderson rallied and solidified the troops to see this position paper and value statement adopted after a couple of years of intensive study. The U. S. ...
  4 weeks ago

• You Can Furnish a Home for a Homeless Person

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 485
  People frequently ask me, "Larry, what can I/we do to help a homeless person?" Or, "What can I/we do to make a real difference in the life of a poor person?"Often, folks are looking for up close and personal moments, times that are very difficult to "arrange" without the loss of dignity or authenticity. Almost ...
  4 weeks ago

• Obama And Church-State Separation: The Good, The Bad And The Uncertain

  
  The Wall of Separation — Authority: 564
  I just got back from New York City, where I spoke at an interesting event sponsored by our friends at the Center for Inquiry.On Tuesday night, a three-person panel discussed the issue “Church and State in the Obama Era” at All Souls Church, a Unitarian-Universalist congregation. I wouldn’t call this event a ...
  4 weeks ago

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