Poverty
From kinzi blogs
I know the ’spread the wealth around’ idealism of the US’s potential new government isn’t going to cut it with real poverty in the US or elsewhere. Spreading the wealth around has to come from the heart to be effective, it has to be born out of personal responsibility to help the poor and is best done in relationship. Jesus Christ said “The poor you will always have with you”, which means those blessed with plenty will always have the responsibility to help those without. Those in hardship in my circle of influence are my responsibility.
On a more micro level, I was talking to a friend on the phone about how the economic crises will affect smaller scale relief work and economic development at a community level. My friend wisely said: “I am endeavoring to make sure this crisis does not affect our giving. It may change the way we give, but we will need to practice extra generosity in a way that will be more sacrificial than before”.
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Manas, thanks for the honor of the link and quote! Just so you know, I am an Evangelical Christian (yikes!). An out-of-the-box kind of one, as a long-term resident of the Middle East who loves Arabs and Muslim friends.
Yikes indeed. (insert smiley).
However, even though our goal is to highlight Muslim blog-o-sphere, we sometimes stray too. In your case it wasn’t deliberate though.
What really surprised me is that you are not an Arab Christian. It’s heartwarming to find one more friend. May peace be with you.
Manas, thank you for the welcome. I hang around Arab Christians a lot, they have influenced me in many great ways.
I wonder if you have read Umm Zaid from Sunni Sisters blog. She is amazing, insightful, pointed, hilarious as times. I’ve learned SO much from her.
That’s very interesting. I would have guessed that they are few in the West, given that there aren’t too many Arabs in the US!
I have read her. We don’t link her so much from here bcos we try to focus on the less-known blogs than the well-known ones. She’s a good writer, and a good thinker.
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