Redefining the Messiah Complex
Those of us who work in the world of faith based non-government organizations (NGO´s) are well accustomed to the snubs of our “secular” peers. Often we´re seen as little more than the offspring of ove...
The Economy and a Pair of Shoes
BY: TOBIAS ROBERTS -- Local is community, and ultimately, what is good for the local community, is good for everything else. Prioritizing...
The Challenge of the Manger in Bethlehem
BY: TOBIAS ROBERTS --From opulent shopping malls in the Unites States to corners of crumbling adobe houses in rural...
Dreams of Our Own: Revalidating Traditional Mayan Lifestyles
cialis salemala-Farming-300x196.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="176" />Mario Benedetti, the Uruguayan novelist and poet who best expressed the aspirations and dreams of the oppressed of Latin America, once...
Reverence for the Sacred Land: A Response to Endemic Violence in Central America
For five years I lived and worked in the outskirts of San Salvador with an organization supporting marginalized families living with HIV/AIDS. Though the agonizing combination of poverty and HIV formed a part ...
Church Leaders Join Fight Against Italian Energy Giant in Rural Guatemala
Tension filled the cramped, block-wall room in the Guatemalan highlands as indigenous leaders sat across from negotiators for ENEL, an Italian-based energy company building a US$228-million hydro-electric ...