This week I’m welcome my BFF Tricia back to the show and this time she brought her fairy godmother Aunt Tess. we talk about some really important issues like whether or not Santa’s workshop is underground or above ground in the North Pole. But seriously, we had a passionate, yet civil conversation about poverty solutions and minimum wage. Regardless of which “side” you agree with, I just want to point out that at the end of the day we both have huge hearts and just want to help people. We just disagree about what is the best and most effective way to do that.
Tricia will be on stage in Shrek: The Musical in March. Buy tickets here.
Toward the end, Tess mentions G.W. Bush’s ideas around faith-based initiatives. For more info on that, click here.
To connect with Tricia, click here.
To connect with Aunt Tess, click here.
]]>It’s more than lack of material resources. Brian Fikkert, co-author of When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor… and Yourself
Do you know what it feels like to not belong? Do you know what it feels like to be invisible to other people? Would an extra t-shirt and hot meal from a stranger fix that feeling?
Did you ever wonder if putting material resources into a country would undermine its already struggling local economy? I hadn’t before this conference.
Are we thinking about the long term impact? Do you ever think that bringing in our high-gloss, full color VBS materials would undermine local ministry initiatives? Never occurred to me before last night.
Relationship with God, people, creation. Helping impoverished populations restore and redeem those relationships is the key.
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