Tag: Haiti
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“Orphans” Versus The Abandoned: The Church’s Complicit Role in Poverty
FCS Urban Ministries: Big Heart to Love the Abandoned Bob Lupton has an excellent piece on how most orphans in Haiti are, in fact, children who have been unwillingly abandoned because their parents are without the means to care for them. Yet faith-based "orphanages" market these children as orphans. He concludes: "There are…
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Saturday Links
1. Does Wealth Breed Narcissism: The New' Mirror, Mirror on the Wall' Study … I wanted to test the relationship between wealth, entitlement and narcissism, guided by our earlier work suggesting that people who are wealthier, or who feel richer, tend to be a little more self-focused and self-interested than others. We found that wealthier…
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We pray for Haiti
(Source: Boston.com. AP Photo/The Day, Abigail Pheiffer) We pray for Haiti Brothers and Sisters in Christ,As the eyes of the world turn to Haiti, let us join our hearts in prayer:God of compassionPlease watch over the people of Haiti,And weave out of these terrible happeningswonders of goodness and grace.Surround those who have been affected by…
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Building a reluctant nation: Haiti
The Economist: Building a reluctant nation: Haiti This tenuous foothold of law and order is a microcosm of Haiti's snail-like progress a year after René Préval was elected as president of the poorest and most lawless country of the Americas. The election came two years after the ousting of the thuggish socialist regime of Jean-Bertrand…