Poverty is rooted in lies at the level of culture. One of the greatest causes of poverty in the world is the lie that “Work is a curse!” This lie is manifest globally in the lives of individuals, communities and nations. Yes, you read that correctly. The economic poverty of
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For several generations the “social service” model defined the nature of helping the poor in the Global South and elsewhere. In this model the development industry provides relief and development “services” to aid the poor. Development workers go into poor communities and ask, “What do you need?” Then they provide
This is post 6 of 8 in the series “Mennonite case study” A Wasteland Transformed to a Garden The Church and Development in Paraguay’s “Green Hell” Community: The Engine of Mennonite Economic Development Commerce, Roads, and Mennonite Obedience to the Cultural Mandate Vision and Technology Turned Desolation Into Abundance Women
It’s fashionable to consider “overpopulation” as a blight on a nation’s economic prospects. Ever since Malthus, elites have soberly warned us that too many people on too little land guarantees hunger and poverty. The recent death of Lee Kuan Yew is a fitting occasion to point out how mistaken the Malthusians are. Start with too little
This is post 5 of 8 in the series “Mennonite case study” A Wasteland Transformed to a Garden The Church and Development in Paraguay’s “Green Hell” Community: The Engine of Mennonite Economic Development Commerce, Roads, and Mennonite Obedience to the Cultural Mandate Vision and Technology Turned Desolation Into Abundance Women
This is post 4 of 8 in the series “Mennonite case study” A Wasteland Transformed to a Garden The Church and Development in Paraguay’s “Green Hell” Community: The Engine of Mennonite Economic Development Commerce, Roads, and Mennonite Obedience to the Cultural Mandate Vision and Technology Turned Desolation Into Abundance Women
This is post 3 of 8 in the series “Mennonite case study” A Wasteland Transformed to a Garden The Church and Development in Paraguay’s “Green Hell” Community: The Engine of Mennonite Economic Development Commerce, Roads, and Mennonite Obedience to the Cultural Mandate Vision and Technology Turned Desolation Into Abundance Women
Given the reality of Christianity blessing China, the country’s leaders would do well to give greater freedoms to their Christian churches. A recent study indicates that such freedoms would benefit the country as a whole, in real economic terms. Loosening the screws on Christians would help everyone. That’s how the story
“A lack of money.” That’s probably how most people would define poverty. But those who actually live in poverty may be more qualified to answer. If so, what might they say? A few years ago, someone from HOPE International interviewed 20 people, most of whom lived on less than $2
This is post 2 of 8 in the series “Mennonite case study” A Wasteland Transformed to a Garden The Church and Development in Paraguay’s “Green Hell” Community: The Engine of Mennonite Economic Development Commerce, Roads, and Mennonite Obedience to the Cultural Mandate Vision and Technology Turned Desolation Into Abundance Women
