I Love This Bar – An Unlikely Christmas Story by Tom Bassford
I Love This Bar: An Unlikely Christmas Story by Tom Bassford - More than a few years ago I wrote an article based on an experience I had in a little bar the night before. Not a [...]
Breaking Free of Paternalism: Part 2
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Breaking Free of Paternalism: Part 1
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Foster Dignity and People Rise to the Challenge
Ministries that approach their work in a holistic way find that it fosters dignity and a deep willingness for people to step up to the challenge. A holistic approach to community development assumes a set of “catalytic” areas which help [...]
The Calculus of Compassion
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Beyond Relief by Gaston Warner | Zoe
Zoe helps children never need charity again. ZOE is a distinctive three-year program, developed in Africa that empowers orphans and vulnerable children around the world to overcome extreme poverty, become fully self-reliant, and learn of God’s love for them. [...]
Reclaiming the Idea of Charity by Michael Matheson Miller | PovertyCure & Acton Institute
When we understand the dignity of the human person endowed with creative capacity and made in the image of God it changes absolutely everything about the way we understand charity, missions, development and the poor. The main question is [...]
Partnering For Sustainable Communities by John Quinn | Sinapi Foundation
What if we could bring together service organizations that are the best and most admired and specializein a critical area of support, and integrate them together to support individual and community development with a goal of self-sustainability? The Sinapi Foundation was established to foster partnerships and [...]
The Big Idea by Tom Bassford | Significant Matters
Tom answers the question, “How do we enter into the conversation that’s going on in our world today around sustainable solutions?” This is the Big Idea. Tom Bassford President | Significant Matter