“If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency, and so on, but not your or… Read More »
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
“The issue I focus on the most is extreme poverty. I think it’s kind of out of sight, out of mind. I wish there would be more stories about that to connect people to what’s happening. To personalize it, to make it real to people, to inspire them to action.” ~ John Legend Have you… Read More »
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
“All my life, I’ve been sick and tired. Now I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” ~ Frannie Lou Hamer Have you ever heard or used the phrase “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired?” In today’s culture, this phrase is frequently quoted in recovery circles. Addicts and alcoholics are describing… Read More »
Love Your Rowdy Neighbors
“What you must do is love your neighbor as yourself. No one knows your many faults better than you! But you love yourself notwithstanding. And so you must love your neighbor, no matter how many faults you see in them.” ~ Martin Buber Jesus himself gave the world the greatest commandment, “the double commandment,” love… Read More »
What Would You Do?
Ethics is a subject that none of us can avoid and face every day of our lives. It’s 2:00 am, nobody is around, and you come to a red light. Do you sit there for the duration, or do you just hit the gas and go? You see a homeless person standing at a stoplight,… Read More »
Two Kinds of Hope
HALO’S Daily Soul Food Two Kinds of Hope In an advent devotional study titled “Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience,” there are two kinds of hope discussed by author Ingrid McIntyre, co-founder of Open Table Nashville: Almost Hope: this hope is focused only on yourself, e.g., hoping for a white Christmas; hoping I get what… Read More »
