Jewish Lending Groups Step in to Help Their Furloughed Kin
There are an estimated 800,000 furloughed workers across the country.
Ok, White Folks, here’s how you can really help!
FEB 19, 2014 | BY: JONATHAN BROOKS -- It was a brutally cold, Saturday evening in January of this year; my wife and I had agreed earlier...
Excerpt: Endless Lines of Need: The Pool of Bethesda
OCT 16, 2013 | BY: SARAH CUNNINGHAM -- When I was in college, I heard an urban leader speak about the pool of Bethesda. What really...
Financial Help and Health Care Aren't "Crack" For Those in Need
OCT 4, 2013 | BY: JAMIE CALLOWAY-HANAUER -- When I was a young newlywed and first-time mom, the older women from my church...
Plant Yourself. Hold Firm and Give Off Light Be A Lighthouse
SEPT 26, 2013 | BY: SARAH CUNNINGHAM -- Plant ourselves in our communities and make our purposes and commitments clear. We can...
What Love Looks Like
SEPT 21, 2013 | BY: ELYSE JANKOWSKI -- Shaheed has one tooth, zero legs and countless stories to tell. He sits in his wheelchair holding...
We Don’t Get To Sit Back Just Because The System Is F@!#$D: Part 4 Of How I Became A Bleeding-Heart Liberal
AUGUST 16, 2013 | BY: JOY BENNETT -- I see the flaws and loopholes and, in some cases, downright incompetence, in the systems of...
Poverty, Power, And Misplaced Trust: Part 3 Of How I Became A Bleeding Heart Liberal
AUGUST 15, 2013 | BY: JOY BENNETT -- Lest you think I’m deluded, wearing rose colored glasses, romanticizing poverty, or ignorant...
What If Prayer Lists Were Work Lists?
JUNE 30, 2013 | BY: YAHOLO HOYT -- “Ok everyone, time for prayer requests...” I don’t know about you, but those times always...
The Gift of Receiving
JUNE 15, 2013 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- My son went into hospital, and for the first time, I was the object of help. There was this massive...