Browse Tag

hunger - Page 2

2011–2012 Horizons Bible Study. Illustrations by Ann Kim

Confessing the Beatitudes

Horizons Bible Study Lesson: Matthew 5:6; Luke 6:21a, 25a; Psalm 107:1–9 By Margaret Aymer   “Greatly Honored Are Those Who Are Famished and Parched for Justice!” is one of nine lessons, excerpted from the Confessing the Beatitudes Bible study, by

Keep Reading
Photo of Haitians who are building houses

Ecovillages: A Labor Not in Vain

8 mins read

Help Build Eco-Villages in Haiti… Not for, but with By Ruth Farrell, Coordinator, Presbyterian Hunger Program   They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For

More
2011–2012 Horizons Bible Study. Illustrations by Ann Kim

Confessing the Beatitudes

24 mins read

Horizons Bible Study Lesson: Matthew 5:6; Luke 6:21a, 25a; Psalm 107:1–9 By Margaret Aymer   “Greatly Honored Are Those Who Are Famished and Parched for Justice!” is one of nine lessons, excerpted from the Confessing the Beatitudes Bible study, by Margaret Aymer, published by Presbyterian Women/Horizons. Used by permission. To

More
photo of hands holding tomatoes
/

The Campaign for Fair Food

4 mins read

The Campaign for Fair Food calls upon major food buyers to end poverty and modern slavery in the Florida fields by working in partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a human rights award-winning farmworker organization in Immokalee, FL. The Campaign is supported by religious, human rights, student and

More
photo of a hand holding a coffee bean

Fair Trade: Going Beyond Charity

2 mins read

A Global Marketplace Fair trade goes beyond charity by helping people help themselves By Daniel P. Smith, Presbyterians Today   As Colleen Shannon ventured around the globe on various faith-based trips—to Africa and Central America, in particular—a grim, unrelenting reality gripped her, time and again: the gap between her American

More
sign that reads "will work for food"

New Brunswick: The Plight of the Poor

10 mins read

  September 1, 2011 by Dawan O. Buie Princeton Theological Seminary M.Div. Class of 2013   [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] Summer is usually a time of relaxation from the cares of the world. The summer of 2011, however, was of an entirely different kind: it was no vacation from the

More