Inns and Stables
By Zachary Guiliano
I wrote an article recently about the “Poverty of Jesus,” responding to a few blog posts written by Ian Paul, which have come out regularly around Christmas on his blog Psephizo. Because ... Read More...
The Soul of Philanthropy
By Mark Michael
Back in June, billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced that he was resigning as a trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett, who is 90, gave no particular reason for his ... Read More...
Rescuing the Poor Widow
By Bryan Owen
Many years ago when I had the privilege of traveling to the Holy Land, one of the things I enjoyed the most was people watching. People from all over the world thronged through the narrow streets of the Old City of Jerusalem. Swimming in this ... Read More...
Being poor doesn’t make you bad
For St. Paul, there is no suggestion that idleness means poverty.
Pursuing ‘inclusion,’ neglecting the poor
Does the way we talk in the Episcopal Church serve to worsen our neglect of the poor?
Slum priests needed for a new Oxford Movement
The labor and sacrifice of the slum priests gave real moral heft to the Oxford Movement and saved it from the insularity of which it has stood accused ever since.
Useless beauty
A shanty hut with a single (barely affordable) flower in a vase is a victory for Christ and a sign of his new creation.
Lent, Kiva, Chrysostom, and me: Microcredit and the Great Fast
If you are not concretely doing things to help the poor, you are avoiding an unavoidable part of the Christian life.