Peter Greer joined HOPE in July 2004, following extensive education and experience in the field of microfinance. Peter received a B.S. in International Business from Messiah College, an M.P.P. with a concentration in Political and Economic Development from Harvard’s Kennedy School, and an honorary doctorate from Erskine College. Prior to his education at Harvard, Peter served as Managing […]
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Guest Post by Jarrod McKenna Here’s a crash course to understand what’s happening in Australia with refugees and the politics of Jesus. Imagine for a moment that in the lead up to the next U.S. elections, a political party changed immigration policies and took the relatively small number of people seeking safety on boats from,
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“The temptation of this age is to look good without being good.”[1] Brennan Manning Justice requires more than wanting to change the world, but being willing to change ourselves along with it. The word “morality” seems to have fallen on hard times these days. It is often taken as synonymous with purity, seen as negative
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Guest Post by Emily Hill Sometimes God speaks in small ways, and sometimes he throws everything at us to get our attention. You know those times in your life when everything you learn and experience all points to one major truth? For me they are usually fairly basic theological truths that I would have intellectually
The last week or so with the internet fury around World Vision, the Noah movie and a dozen other topics of interest has caused me to reflect once again on the deficiency of social media as an effective communication mechanism when depth, conversation and prophetic understanding are what is called for. As such, I decided
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Guest Post by Emily Nielsen Jones March 8 came and went, the 39th observation of International Women’s Day, a day set aside to collectively take stock of how the world’s women are doing. The theme for this year — Equality for women is progress for all — captures the spirit of this day to invite and remind us
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Guest Post by Paul Louis Metzger There are many things that money can buy, but Can Money Buy Justice? I thought of this question as I was reading What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel. When we think that something can be bought and sold, we end up treating it
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Rev. Alexia Salvatierra is currently the Special Assistant to the Bishop for Welcoming Congregations for the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She also serves as a consultant (training, facilitating, organizing and leading strategic planning) for a variety of national/international organizations, including World Vision USA/World Vision International/Women of Vision, Intervarsity Christian
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Guest Post by Rachel Goble I’ve been using the word ‘empower’ for years. It’s a great word – one that implies giving dignity to others; the whole ‘give a man a fish and he eats for a day, but teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime’ type story comes up when
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