Around the Web: Faith groups, stop donating stuff for disaster relief and instead work your networksfrom Dallas News "'We have the ability to move people to action. But the question is, mobilize them to do what?' said Steve Corbett, associate professor at Covenant College in Georgia and coauthor of the book When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself. Formerly the director of training for Feed The Hungry International, Corbett is a veteran of multiple disaster response cycles. He said much effort by religious organizations is misspent in early days of relief but invaluable in the longer process of rehabilitation."
Around the Web: The World Turned Upside Down (and what to do about it)Russ Roberts | from Medium "You want to improve the world? Improve yourself. Read history and understand the dangers of self-righteousness. Read literature and understand the human condition. Know who you are and the strengths and weaknesses of being a human being. Learn the limitations of reason. Be an exemplar of personal virtue. This is good advice. It’s good for you. But it’s also good for the world even if you believe it oversells the possibility of individual action to ripple outward." Around the Web: Delta Streets Academy wins 12th annual Hope Awards for Effective CompassionMarvin Olasky | from WORLD "Five years ago, Thomas McMillin Howard, known as “T. Mac,” opened Delta Streets Academy (DSA) with a plan “to equip the young men who walk through our doors daily with the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the skills needed to live a life that honors God.” And WORLD readers have honored DSA by selecting the Greenwood, Miss., school as the overall winner in the 2017 Hope Awards for Effective Compassion." Around the Web: How the Second Generation of Korean-American Presbyterians Are Bridging the GapSarah Eekhoff Zylstra | from The Gospel Coalition "A dozen years after the Korean War ended, Congress lifted restrictions against Asian immigration, and South Koreans flooded across the Pacific to the United States...'South Korea was a mess after the war,” said Alexander Jun, a diversity and social justice professor at Azusa Pacific University and the GA moderator this year. “It was economically devastated, so people came to the United States. They brought their faith with them.'" Around the Web: We Come From the Mountain…and Start ThingsSheldon Grizzle | from Medium Sheldon Grizzle '03 has built a list of companies and organizations founded or owned by members of the Covenant College community, with an emphasis on those in the Chattanooga area. He also reflects on how the particular Christian liberal arts environment at Covenant fosters this type of entrepreneurial activity. RememberRev. Erik McDaniel '95 | Grace Presbyterian Church | Jasper, TN “99.83472% of you still have your biggest sins ahead of you. You are yet to commit presumptuous, intentional sins that will bring you and your family and your friends shame and dishonor. And only slightly less, 94.639 to be scientific, have yet to go through your greatest tragedies in life. Tragedies. Plural. Some of you will experience habitual sins so bad that you can’t breathe because you hate what you do so badly. Some of you will kill your own marriages. Some you will experience the death of a child, the death of a spouse, the death of a dream. Some of you will have broken friendships or horrible business ventures that go horribly wrong. What in the world will make you get up in the morning? What will help you to be able to breathe in and breathe out? What will help you to go left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot, that’s all I have? I can promise you it won’t be what you accomplished in your glory days at Covenant College." View email digest | Volume 1, Issue 15The View email digest is designed to bring thoughtful, challenging, and encouraging ideas and stories to your inbox. We invite you to share feedback with us on how this email digest could improve. What kinds of content are you interested in reading, listening to, and watching? We want this email to be a service to you and the church as a whole, and we value your ideas. You can send us your feedback by replying to this email. If you are not a direct recipient of this email and would like to receive future issues, please subscribe here. Web versions of all digest issues are available here. "Around the Web" content is provided to promote and encourage conversation and is not necessarily endorsed by Covenant College. |