Posted in Books, Resources, Social Justice, Women, tagged gender injustice, prayer on July 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Guide to prayer addressing global issues of gender-based injustice. I just started this this morning, and it is powerful and very difficult to read… It goes through issues such as abortion, child prositution, domestic violence, eating disorders, female laborers, incest, and pornagraphy. (Like I said, difficult to read!)
Posted in Globalization, Non-Governmental Organizations, Organizations, Social Justice, tagged global poverty; mdg; millenium development goals on July 12, 2008 | No Comments »
My husband just posted this info on his blog and I thought it looked applicable for TLB. You can also subscribe to a weekly prayer list which provides a prayer guide for countries around the world.
The Micah Network and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) have created the Micah Challenge campaign to grasp a moment of unique [...]
Posted in Community, Emergent, Globalization, Organizations, Social Justice, Websites, tagged Brian McClaren, Global crises on July 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Everything Must Change seeks to bring focus to the global crises of the planet, poverty, peace, and meaning. (For those of you (understandably) skeptical of the emerging church, I’d recommend giving this pause for thought. Brian McClaren has some great things to say regarding the Christians’ role in a global context.
From the site:
When I began [...]
Posted in Quotes, tagged ministry, oscar romero, Social Justice on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
For all of you bringing good to the hard places…
The Prayer of Oscar Romero
It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.
The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
It is even beyond our vision.
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction
Of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.
Nothing we do [...]
Posted in Community, Funding, Globalization, Monasticism, Social Justice, Websites, tagged Shane Claiborne on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
RelationalTithe.com is an interactive platform for connecting and meeting needs across socioeconomic and geographic barriers. It is also a place to explore, to meet, to share dreams and ideas, to ask and discuss questions, to learn and to grow together. We are determined to live intentionally, in joyful and responsible relationships with those around us. [...]
Posted in Culture/Race Relations, Globalization, Organizations, Social Justice, Travel, tagged socially responsible travel, Travel on June 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Our Vision
We envision a people centered globalization that values the rights of workers and the health of the planet; that prioritizes international collaboration as central to ensuring peace; and that aims to create a local, green economy designed to embrace the diversity of our communities.In a world where the economics of quantity fuels corporate power [...]
Posted in Funding, Organizations on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
The Global Philanthropy Forum aims to build a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes, and to inform, enable and enhance the strategic nature of their giving and social investing.
By continually refreshing a lasting learning community, the GPF seeks to increase the number of philanthropists who will be strategic in pursuit of [...]
Posted in Funding, Organizations, tagged Funding on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Generous Giving is a privately funded ministry that seeks to encourage givers of all income levels to experience the joy of giving and embrace a lifestyle of generosity, according to God’s word and Christ’s example. It was launched in 2000 by the Maclellan Foundation to stir a renewed, Spirit-led commitment to generosity among Christians. Generous [...]
Posted in Immigration, Organizations, Social Justice, tagged Immigration on June 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Christians for comprehensive immigration reform:
We represent a coalition of Christian organizations, churches, and leaders from across the theological and political spectrum united in support of comprehensive immigration reform. Despite our differences on other issues, we are working together to see comprehensive immigration reform enacted this year because we share a set [...]
Posted in Organizations, Women, tagged global women on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
“The globalgirl network desires to connect women across cultures as we share our stories of passion and triumph, but also our places of brokenness and deep longing. We stand as women who want to make a difference by being the difference in our own home, our communities and our world.”
There are some GREAT articles on [...]
