I have worshipped in nearly any and every place imaginable. I have participated in formal communal worship services in places far beyond the walls of church campuses. Today, I worshipped in a food pantry for the first time in my life. Hope Pantry White Rock Center of Hope started in 1988 as a Food Pantry serving a single zip code in East Dallas. This 501(c)3 launched in a space offered as an in-kind donation by a Presbyterian church. Over the last 37 years Hope transitioned from Read More …
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Poverty Reality Check (#0674)
Sid Mohn is president of Heartland Alliance, the premier anti-poverty organization in Chicago and the Midwest. He recently wrote a Huffington Post article, "8 Facts About Poverty that will Blow Your Mind," based on a TEDx speech on the same topic. Mohn's facts follow in abbreviated form: Our kids are poor. At some point in their lives, half of all U.S. children will be on food stamps. Our adults are poor. Half of American adults will Read More …