Raising Your Voice to Help Those in Need

What does God expect of me? How does he want me to live? All of us struggle at times as we seek to live our faith, and the prophet Ezekiel offers a challenging answer to these questions. Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying...

Missouri Faith Leaders Take On Predatory Lenders

Usury is defined as the practice of charging excessive, unreasonably high and often illegal interest rates on loans. Originally, when charging interest was still banned by Christian churches, usury simply meant charging interest at any rate. The book of Exodus says,...

Why God Expects You to Care for the Least of These

What does a passage (Matthew 25:31-46) about the sheep and the goats have to say to us? How can it help us be better prepared to face a new year? God has expectations for us. He has expectations for all of his creation, and he will judge us on the basis of his...

Discover How You Can Help Eliminate Hunger

Our world is filled with hungry people. Hunger, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (1971), has three meanings: ·  The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. Also the exhausted condition caused by want of food. ·  The want or...

Don’t Let Political Campaigns Shape Your Life

Everyone knows the political season is in full swing. The political ads on television and radio and those annoying automated phone calls are in full operation. I am looking forward to the elections just because I want the campaign season to be over. I know from...