Sometimes on this life’s journey, we come face to face with darkness and evil. Yesterday was my day. I saw slavery. Here is what happened: A seemingly trustworthy man offered a job to the dad of an impoverished family. The man gave a cash advance to help move the dad and family to the new…
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Locust Effect of Violence on Poverty
In the five-plus decades of my life, little has captured my attention on poverty as the research, personal accounts, and documented cases in the book, The Locust Effect. The book painstakingly details the impact of violence on vulnerable people. Violence is like a swarm of locusts that devours the hope and incremental progress that families make. A…
Safe. And you?
Keys. I have a key for my desk, my office, my home, my car, my suitcase, my post office box, and even for the lockbox in my home. There are locks on my windows and the gate on my backyard fence. I lock my car doors. Always. No, I’m not a fearful person. It’s just the way…
Game Changer in Poverty Dialogue: The Locust Effect
The hidden plague of everyday violence is undermining efforts to eradicate extreme poverty worldwide. It’s true. But I never knew it until I read The Locust Effect. Released today, The Locust Effect offers a gripping description of the common violence that devastates the world’s best efforts to end global poverty. Authors Gary Haugen and Victor Boutros…
God’s heart for Justice … but is it mine, too?
We all want to live a life that is meaningful. Purposeful. As a Christ-follower, this includes living a life that glorifies God. I long to be salt and light in the world that brings praise and honor to Him alone. A small passage in the Bible summarizes the journey. The Lord requires three things from us…
10 Shocking Truths about Personal Wealth
You know how you just go about your life…and it all seems normal to you? Then someone starts to point out things and you realize that your normal is not everyone else’s normal?? This has been happening to me lately. Increasing attention is being focused on wealth inequality. Most recently, Dave Ramsey’s interview with Tom…
