Pomplamoose has another great song on YouTube and they’re offering a free Mp3 of the track (along with one other un-released track) if you’ll purchase a goat for a family through WorldVision this Christmas.
Category: take action
politics, social justice and ways you can make a difference in the world around you.
Texas foster care statistics
As of 2008, there were 31,058 children in foster care in the state of Texas.
(Texas Department of Family and Protective Services – DFPS)
Of those numbers, there are approximately 6,000 children in Region 3 (North Texas)
In FY 2007, the average number of children removed per month was 1,327. For fiscal year 2008, the average was 1,191 per month.
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#justicefriday – Who said it?
Who said this?
“You must defend those who are helpless and have no hope. Be fair and give justice to the poor and homeless.”
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The parable of the bar of soap
What can be said about a bar of soap and our faith and relation to the world around us?
Claudio Oliver has spent 20 years working with the urban poor, and on community development, dental and medical projects, team equipping, and teaching in Curitiba, Brazil.
He shares just a few of the reflections one small bar of soap can spark — spiritual, sociologic, entropologic and ecologic.
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Opportunity to serve :: Post-Thanksgiving Breakfast
Just a quick break from my blogging siesta to let you know that it’s that time of year again – time for the annual Post-Thanksgiving Breakfast in Deep Ellum!
Come join others from encounter and The Mission as they serve breakfast to the under-resourced in Dallas’ downtown/Deep Ellum area.
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Beating foreclosure
We’re so close to reaching our goal!
Over $4000 raised in just over a month!
Take a look at this map – it shows every city represented by at least one donation.
Awesome!
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