| Articles related to Larry Greenfield, Advent, Poor, James |
| June 14, 2013 | Where Have All the Prophets Gone? | | May 31, 2013 | Do You Use Clout to Serve Yourself or Others? | | May 27, 2013 | Why Religious Left Garners Less Attention Than Right | | May 24, 2013 | Lady Wisdom Reminds Us to Cry Out for Justice | | May 10, 2013 | As Dow Rises, Don't Forget Those Left Behind | | May 2, 2013 | Albanians Face Personal Odysseys in Greece's Economy | | April 26, 2013 | What If Immigration Proposal Applied to Christianity? | | April 12, 2013 | Democracy Demands Freedom, Liberty and Equality | | April 11, 2013 | The Invisible Poor in Your Own Back Yard | | April 9, 2013 | What Does The Choice of a Pope's Name Mean? | | March 29, 2013 | If You Were Resurrected, How Would You Live? | | March 15, 2013 | How Mary's One-Time Extravagance Benefitted You | | March 12, 2013 | UK Report Busts Comfortable Myths about Poverty | | March 1, 2013 | U.S. Christians Unfazed by Civilian Deaths in War | | February 18, 2013 | Carnival Cruise Debacle Teaches Ironic Lesson | | February 15, 2013 | Wilderness Temptation: Self-Interest vs. Common Good | | February 7, 2013 | Tender Mercies | | February 7, 2013 | Keep Calm and Carry On | | February 7, 2013 | Precious Gifts | | February 1, 2013 | Celebrating Equality for All – on Groundhog Day | | January 23, 2013 | Lent, Ash Wednesday: Why All the Fuss? | | January 22, 2013 | Reminding Your Leaders to Protect the Vulnerable | | January 18, 2013 | When Jesus Had Options, He Chose Extravagance | | January 3, 2013 | A New World Coming – A New World Now | | January 3, 2013 | Another Chance to Get It Right | | January 3, 2013 | God With Us: Absurdity | | December 28, 2012 | This Christmas, Are You Believing in God? | | December 27, 2012 | A New World Coming – An Ordinary World | | December 27, 2012 | Oops! | | December 24, 2012 | Caring for the Poor: It’s Not Just for Christmas | | December 21, 2012 | This Advent, Are You Repenting Toward God? | | December 20, 2012 | Letters of Hope | | December 14, 2012 | Advent Rules: Do They Apply Seasonally or Annually? | | December 14, 2012 | This Advent, Are You Listening to God? | | December 13, 2012 | Peace Child | | December 13, 2012 | How Would You Get Ready? | | December 12, 2012 | What You Can Learn from Following an Eccentric | | December 7, 2012 | Photo or Portrait? How to Discern the Real Jesus | | December 7, 2012 | This Advent, Are You Waiting on God? | | December 3, 2012 | The End of the World As We Know It | | December 3, 2012 | Yearning for Righteousness at Advent | | December 3, 2012 | This Year, Give the Gift of Hope | | November 30, 2012 | 2 Reasons Why You Should Take Advent Seriously | | November 30, 2012 | George McGovern Proven the Winner | | November 28, 2012 | Real Jubilee Can Help World's Debt-Crushed Poor | | November 16, 2012 | How Diverse Electorate is Good for Everyone | | November 2, 2012 | How Could Billy Graham Miss the Main Biblical Value? | | October 29, 2012 | Answers Elusive for Refugees in Morocco | | October 25, 2012 | Candidates Talk About Middle Class, Silent on Poor | | October 19, 2012 | Why Christians Must Ignore Their Interests When Voting | | October 5, 2012 | The Paradigmatic Evangelism of Bill Clinton | | September 21, 2012 | How You Can Ace Jesus' Welcoming Test | | September 20, 2012 | Taming the Tongue | | September 14, 2012 | True Freedom Will Create Society of Justice | | September 7, 2012 | Is the Nation Going the Wrong Way or Are You? | | August 28, 2012 | Will You Eat Less to Reduce Global Hunger? | | August 27, 2012 | Lebanese Churches: From Actors to Advocates | | August 24, 2012 | Jesus Fails as Health Expert, Wins as Heart Expert | | August 21, 2012 | How One Person Can Inspire a Child to Read | | August 17, 2012 | New Source of Mayhem and Death Stalks Illinois | | August 13, 2012 | Global Campaign to Highlight Poverty, Corruption | | August 10, 2012 | How Political Campaigns, Revival Services Are Alike | | August 9, 2012 | Ethical Lessons from Everyday Lives of the Poor | | July 27, 2012 | A Good Political Read for Professional and Lay Theologians | | July 20, 2012 | Why You Can't Live in the Good Old Days | | July 13, 2012 | Chicago's Murders Climb. Will Jesus' Gang Keep Oath? | | July 11, 2012 | How Should Churches Help Poor? Compassion or Justice? | | July 9, 2012 | Could Those Who Make Your Shoes Afford Them? | | July 6, 2012 | Help the Poor? Many Christians Prefer to Blame Them | | June 29, 2012 | Faith-Filled Divestment of U.S. Businesses in Israel | | June 29, 2012 | Celebrate Independence Day – for Christians | | June 14, 2012 | Mustard Seed Parable: Time to Invest in Economy | | June 1, 2012 | After This Life, No Eternal Rest But Eternal Vitality | | May 18, 2012 | Your U.S. Representative May Be a Heretic | | April 27, 2012 | Does House GOP Fail Abiding Test of God's Love? | | April 20, 2012 | CEO as Commander in Chief: A Workable Model? | | April 12, 2012 | Will We Follow God's Command to Care for Poor? | | April 6, 2012 | Why "Obamacare" May Really Be Un-American | | April 3, 2012 | Public Education Is Lottery Loser | | March 23, 2012 | Similar Scenes Hold Two Definitions of Success | | March 22, 2012 | How the Poor Teach Us About the Divine | | March 9, 2012 | Rescuing the Temple of Democracy from Corruption | | February 24, 2012 | Those Who Break Boundaries Give Us Courage | | February 24, 2012 | Lent: A Call to Enter God's New Realm of Love | | February 10, 2012 | Can Christians Be Conservative? | | February 6, 2012 | Romney's Statement of Unconcern about the Poor Draws Christian Critique | | February 3, 2012 | Obama Says Faith Mandates Him to Care for the Poor | | January 31, 2012 | Missouri Faith Leaders Take On Predatory Lenders | | January 27, 2012 | Possessed Man Sees What Tame Crowd Overlooks | | January 26, 2012 | This Immigrant First-Grader Knows Her Neighbor | | January 13, 2012 | Why Does Romney Disregard the Ninth Commandment? | | January 6, 2012 | Uncovering the Cracks in the Micro-Credit Industry | | January 5, 2012 | The Way Home | | December 23, 2011 | Like Mary, Do You Believe God Will Right Injustice? | | December 23, 2011 | United States and Christianity – Authentic Inventions | | December 22, 2011 | Advent: The End to Life's Darkness is Near | | December 22, 2011 | God with Us | | December 22, 2011 | How Well Do You Handle Interruptions? | | December 15, 2011 | Looking at Salvation with Advent In Mind | | December 13, 2011 | This Advent, You Can Be a Peacemaker Close to Home | | December 9, 2011 | Making the Most of Every Opportunity in Your Life | | December 8, 2011 | Where in the World is God? | | December 8, 2011 | Take Comfort | | December 8, 2011 | Turning the Holidays into Holy Days | | December 6, 2011 | As America's Rich Get Richer, Hispanics Suffer | | December 5, 2011 | What John Lennon, Picasso Bring to Advent | | December 1, 2011 | Waiting in Hope – An Active Spiritual Practice | | December 1, 2011 | When God Came Down...Already | | December 1, 2011 | An Advent Prayer for Our Predicament | | November 30, 2011 | Is Your Life Always Winter, Never Christmas? | | November 28, 2011 | 5 Ways to Help Your Minister Survive Advent | | November 25, 2011 | Do You Get It? Generous God = Generous Followers | | November 16, 2011 | Catholic Bishops Stay Mum on Economic Turmoil | | November 11, 2011 | Learning to Invest – Not Bury – Our Faith | | November 8, 2011 | Poor People's Campaign Needed More Than Ever | | November 7, 2011 | As Population Grows, Conflicts Will Increase | | October 28, 2011 | Why Jesus Is Unimpressed with Your Title | | October 27, 2011 | Faith Groups Target Super Committee | | October 26, 2011 | Many in the 99 Percent Are Far From Poverty | | October 14, 2011 | Bowing Down to the God of Economic Liberty | | October 13, 2011 | A Wedding Invitation | | October 13, 2011 | Economy Transfers Wealth – From the Bottom Up | | October 12, 2011 | Charges Dropped Against Clergy Who Prayed in Capitol | | September 30, 2011 | What Does God Expect from His Tenants? | | September 16, 2011 | Many Work Hard But Can't Earn What They Need | | September 8, 2011 | "Circle of Protection" Differs Morally from "Christians for a Sustainable Economy" | | September 2, 2011 | Cutting Kids' Programs – The New Corporal Punishment | | August 29, 2011 | Super Rich View Poor as Mere Collateral Casualties | | August 25, 2011 | "The Conscience of Alabama" Calls Out Injustice | | August 22, 2011 | Religion and Taxes – Speaking Up for the Common Good | | August 15, 2011 | How You Can Be Greedy Without Being Rich | | August 12, 2011 | Does Jesus' Definition of Defilement Apply to Standard & Poor's? | | August 12, 2011 | As Economy Declines, Who Ultimately Pays the Price? | | August 5, 2011 | Democracy's Banquet – It's For All Not a Select Few | | August 3, 2011 | Obama Protects the Powerful Over the Poor | | July 22, 2011 | Churches Press Obama to Protect Poor in Budget Talks | | July 22, 2011 | What a Mustard Seed Teaches about Government's Size | | July 14, 2011 | Wresting With a Just Response to National Debt, Taxes | | July 8, 2011 | A Useful Lesson on Jesus' Bad-Parable Day | | June 24, 2011 | Think You're Free? We're All Enslaved to Something | | June 13, 2011 | Revising Pledge of Allegiance for U.S. Politicians | | May 27, 2011 | Health Care Reform: Aligning With God of Life or Death? | | May 18, 2011 | Catholic Academics: Boehner's Actions Depart from Church | | May 13, 2011 | Two Kinds of Leaders: Shepherds and Thieves | | April 29, 2011 | Selective Forgiveness Rules After Financial Crisis | | April 28, 2011 | Churches Form Circle of Protection Around Poor | | April 15, 2011 | Did Followers in Jesus' Time Understand Who He Was? | | April 1, 2011 | Why Some Choose Blindness to Society's Needs | | March 25, 2011 | How Congress' Trips to Well Hurt the Vulnerable | | March 15, 2011 | Almost 25 Percent of U.S. Children in Poverty | | March 11, 2011 | Three Reasons Why One Pastor Advocates for Poor | | March 9, 2011 | Libertarian Opposes Church's Advocacy for Poor, Draws Reply | | March 7, 2011 | Budget-Cutting Politicians – God's Lenten Helpers? | | March 4, 2011 | Evangelicals Push Back on Proposed Budget Cuts | | March 4, 2011 | What Would Jesus Cut From Federal Budget? | | March 3, 2011 | Widow's Mite Condemns Culture of Religious Greed | | February 18, 2011 | Happy Valentine's Day: A Do-Over to Get It Right | | February 3, 2011 | Sargent Shriver – True Candidate for Sainthood | | January 24, 2011 | How Our Divided Nation Can Agree to Move Forward | | January 6, 2011 | Will Constitution's Reading in U.S. House Resonate? | | December 26, 2010 | God’s Signs and Our Issues | | December 26, 2010 | What Love Does | | December 26, 2010 | Sign | | December 23, 2010 | The Child – God's Unlikely Source of Redemption | | December 22, 2010 | Living the Good Life on the Backs of the Poor | | December 22, 2010 | Unraveling the Popularity of the Obnoxious OMG | | December 17, 2010 | Thousands of Years Later, We Still Favor the Rich | | December 15, 2010 | Explore the Everyday Life of Jesus This Advent | | December 9, 2010 | Politicians Pander to Rich, Ignore the Poor | | December 9, 2010 | Remembering Victims of Violence during Advent | | December 8, 2010 | During Advent, Make Time to Wait on God | | December 6, 2010 | Many Faiths, One Common Commandment – Love | | December 5, 2010 | Now That I Believe: I Have Hope | | December 5, 2010 | Sword | | December 4, 2010 | Living With Advent Faith | | December 3, 2010 | Following the Less-Traveled Path of Jesus | | December 2, 2010 | God’s Other Name is … (Surprise) | | December 1, 2010 | Health Care Reform's Foes Oppose Justice | | November 29, 2010 | Will the Faithful Ignore in Tax Debate the Biblical Imperative to Protect the Poor? | | November 12, 2010 | Many Will Die if Health-Care Reform is Dismantled | | November 5, 2010 | Blessed Are The Poor? Jesus Can't Be Serious | | October 28, 2010 | Why Are Christians Silent on a Just Tax Policy? | | October 15, 2010 | Are the Affluent Being Treated Unjustly? | | October 1, 2010 | When Politics Leads Others from Jesus' Teachings | | September 30, 2010 | The Gospel According to Garfield | | September 28, 2010 | Can We Help the Poor if We Don't Listen to Them? | | September 21, 2010 | Keeping Possessions from Possessing Us | | September 1, 2010 | Glenn Beck: Defending Faith or Perverting Gospel? | | August 20, 2010 | Mosque Critics Favor Broken Relationships, Oppose Healing | | August 6, 2010 | A Scriptural Response to the Immigration Debate | | August 6, 2010 | Baptist World Congress Focused on Luke 4; Will Others Do Likewise? | | July 23, 2010 | What It Takes To Understand God's Forgiveness | | July 8, 2010 | What Jesus Could Have Said About Unemployment | | June 27, 2010 | As Deficits Grow, Will We Sacrifice Those in Need? | | June 15, 2010 | Recognizing Our Sin Affects Our Capacity to Love | | June 2, 2010 | Today's 'Centurions' Let Those in Need Suffer | | May 25, 2010 | When Churches Deny Full Equality to Women | | May 18, 2010 | Are Tea Partiers Right to 'Throw the Bums Out'? | | April 28, 2010 | One Woman's Mission to India's Poor | | April 15, 2010 | How Paying Taxes Can Be a Sacrament | | March 31, 2010 | Lottery Is a Form of Public Tax Evasion | | March 30, 2010 | Economic Recovery on the Poor's Backs | | March 25, 2010 | When Potluck Goes to Pot | | March 12, 2010 | Off The Hook on Health Care? Not So Fast | | March 1, 2010 | What Tea Party Protesters Get Right | | February 17, 2010 | How Much Are You Worth? It's More than Dollars | | February 10, 2010 | With Authority From God, Why Don't We Help? | | February 1, 2010 | A Love Body | | January 21, 2010 | Worship Should Be More Than Routine | | January 14, 2010 | Jesus Turns Water into Wine, Profane into Sacred | | January 11, 2010 | Does Our Definition of Prosperity Align with Scripture? | | January 8, 2010 | Alabama Nonprofit Advocates for Poor | | January 6, 2010 | Lessons from Niebuhr Put Obama at Odds with Poor | | January 6, 2010 | Correcting an Out-Of-Balance Tax System in Arkansas | | December 30, 2009 | What Would Make Jesus Happy on His Birthday? | | December 28, 2009 | Topsy-Turvy | | December 28, 2009 | Some Times Call for...Love | | December 28, 2009 | Some Times Call for...Joy | | December 23, 2009 | The Contemporary Cries in Palestine at Christmas: Part Two | | December 23, 2009 | John the Baptist's Pointed Reminder about Christmas | | December 22, 2009 | The Ancient Cries in Palestine at Christmas: Part One | | December 17, 2009 | Guess Who's Watching You This Christmas Season? | | December 14, 2009 | Preparation | | December 14, 2009 | The Paradox fo Advent Peace | | December 14, 2009 | Some Times Call for...Peace | | December 9, 2009 | Some Good Advent Questions | | December 9, 2009 | Make Ready | | December 9, 2009 | The Sign of Things to Come | | December 4, 2009 | The Overlooked Season: Don't Skip Advent This Year | | December 4, 2009 | Do 90 Percent of Us Not Want to Hear Injustice? | | December 2, 2009 | The Waiting Place | | December 2, 2009 | In Those Days | | November 26, 2009 | Advent is Most Satisfying Way to Celebrate Jesus' Birth | | November 24, 2009 | 4 Words for Advent | | November 23, 2009 | The Good Life: In the Checkout Line But Not of It | | November 11, 2009 | Will We Deliver? Our Nation's Hannahs Need Health Care | | November 6, 2009 | Sharing God's Concern for Poor Means Fairer Taxes | | October 30, 2009 | Raising a Stink: Resurrecting Democracy from Death | | October 28, 2009 | Don't Let Rhetoric Rule: Ensure Climate-Change Justice | | October 5, 2009 | Question Marked: What Did Jesus Mean by "Don't Defraud"? | | September 24, 2009 | Optical Illusions: Our "Racial Lenses" Distort Reality | | September 16, 2009 | Politicians' Favoritism Rejects Democracy's Ideal | | August 25, 2009 | Commodity or Right? Going On Offensive for Health Care | | August 14, 2009 | Can Baptists Learn to Perpetually Adore Jesus? | | August 11, 2009 | The Family's DNA | | August 11, 2009 | Trash Talking: When Litterbugs Bug You | | July 28, 2009 | Will We Make Sure Everyone Has an Abundance? | | July 15, 2009 | Why Do Politicians Love Complex Solutions? | | July 7, 2009 | Maybe the Church Needs to Lose Power | | July 3, 2009 | Independence Day: When Poverty Loosened Grip on Family | | June 17, 2009 | The "Others" We Serve Aren't All That Different From Us | | June 16, 2009 | Too Many Politicians Please Party Leaders, Not Constituents | | June 2, 2009 | When Man Plays God: Taking Away Creation's Breath | | May 22, 2009 | Can We Rekindle Our Love for Society's Less Fortunate? | | May 21, 2009 | Report to the Faith Community from Three Days with Al Gore | | May 7, 2009 | Politicians Leave Poor to be Devoured by Economic 'Wolves' | | May 3, 2009 | Couple Address Medical Needs of Banjara People in India | | April 28, 2009 | Environmental Groups, Churches Explore Ways to Team Up | | April 21, 2009 | Did Lent Fail? For the Extraordinary Among Us, It Seems So | | April 16, 2009 | Missouri Shouldn't Balance Budget on Backs of Poor | | April 9, 2009 | Knee-Bending Lifestyle Places Others Before Self | | March 23, 2009 | Created for Good Works – Just Like the BMW Sports Wagon | | March 16, 2009 | Resolving Middle East Conflict Requires More Than Prayers | | March 13, 2009 | We Lost the Ideal of Collective Responsibility | | March 10, 2009 | Lose Some Life to Save Some | | February 23, 2009 | Environmentalists Must Understand Thanksgiving | | February 22, 2009 | Develop ‘Muscle Memory’ for Compassion | | February 10, 2009 | Exorcizing the Demons | | January 28, 2009 | Don’t Fritter Away Opportunity for New Creation | | January 14, 2009 | Hope for Change in the Middle East | | January 13, 2009 | Senators Must Be Immune to Abuse of Power | | December 23, 2008 | We Can Have Joy in the Winters of Life | | December 17, 2008 | CBF Outreach Brings Christmas to the Poor in Arkansas Delta | | December 16, 2008 | Hard Times Reveal the Depth of Our Roots | | December 15, 2008 | Selfishness Can Trample the Life Out of Others | | December 9, 2008 | A Meditation for Advent | | December 8, 2008 | The Gospel of—or About—Jesus | | December 8, 2008 | I Was Just Quoting Jesus | | November 24, 2008 | Put Matthew 25 on Your 'To-Do' List | | November 20, 2008 | The Lord's Prayer Calls Us to Pray for God's Protection during Times of Testing | | November 14, 2008 | Don't Perpetuate Economic Injustice | | November 11, 2008 | 'Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor' | | October 28, 2008 | Vote Twice, at Least | | October 15, 2008 | Advent Is the Antidote to Economic Bad Times at Fast-Approaching Christmas | | September 26, 2008 | Baptist Relief Agency Labels World Hunger Crisis a 'Daily Disaster' | | September 15, 2008 | Forgiving Bin Laden … and the Governor of Illinois | | May 28, 2008 | Payday Lenders Prey on Working Poor, Let's Pray Christians Work To End Predatory Lenders | | April 29, 2008 | Gospel Tears Down Idols and Shrines of Politics and Race | | April 16, 2008 | World Bank Official Warns Rising Food Costs Could Push 100 Million Into Poverty | | March 19, 2008 | Descending and Ascending | | March 4, 2008 | Poverty and Justice Bible 'Megaphones' God's Concern for the Poor | | February 26, 2008 | A New Voice for the Faithful | | February 25, 2008 | Where Do Payday Lenders Go to Church? | | February 20, 2008 | Payday Lenders Boom Where Conservative Christians Exercise Political Power | | January 28, 2008 | Death in the Congo | | January 21, 2008 | Help Wanted: Black Friend | | December 26, 2007 | Transforming Poverty by Reconsidering Our Citizenship | | December 18, 2007 | Baptist Preacher Urges Wal-Mart to 'Be a Better Neighbor' in TV Spot | | December 14, 2007 | Advent: Waiting for the World to Change | | December 6, 2007 | The Ballad of John and John (Ode to John Lennon) | | November 30, 2007 | Avoiding Advent Boycotts | | November 1, 2007 | New Book Examines Jonah Story from the Underside of Oppression | | October 25, 2007 | White House Seeks to Reduce Program Providing Energy Assistance to the Poor | | October 16, 2007 | Poor Children Victims of Multiple Marginalization |
|
|
