Showing posts with label helping others. Show all posts
Showing posts with label helping others. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

An Inspiration Fund... Providing A Window of Hope and Sustenance for Friends in Need in 8 Parts

Alicia Keys: 'I Love New York/For The Love of Money'
Alicia Keys: 'I Love New York/For The Love of Money'


In continuing with the 8 part "An Inspiration Fund" blog in seeking pledges, I thought I'd lift up an earlier blog written almost two years ago--Global Day of Action Against Poverty . It isn't "Global Action Day Against Poverty" today but today's blog lifts up some of the same ideas and sentiments. So, when you're done reading it, have at one from the archives. A bonus is that I provided a link to a video in which Alicia Keys performs that classic O'jay's tune "For the Love of Money", which is posted at the top of this blog article as a "blast from the past". Enjoy!
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Part III-"For the Love of Money"


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For whatever reason, a good portion of government aid for the ordinary citizen seems to have clogged up in one political bottleneck or the other. It just does not seem to be pouring out fast enough to meet people's immediate needs. And, let's not forget another layer of delay and set back, financial predators who profit and gain from schemes and plans designed to benefit only themselves at the expense of others. They don't care about others as long as they get theirs, taking under the pretext of helping--with their own Madoff-esque twist.

Unfortunately, this kind of mentality has contributed significantly to the current economic crisis. Simply put, greed just got out of hand. One prime example and glaring reminder is the foreclosure crisis. It sent this country into a financial tizzy that will take it a while to recover from. The domino effect has sent financial giants to the bankruptcy courts and thousands have been laid off or terminated from their jobs. Many of us know friends and family members who have been impacted. to be continued


Saturday, June 20, 2009

An Inspiration Fund...Providing A Window of Hope and Sustenance for Friends in Need in 8 Parts



Part II-The Nagging Question-"What Can I do to Help?"

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Over the past two years, and rather intensively this past year and a half, that question has become somewhat of a mantra, as I have witnessed close friends lose their homes, businesses and/ or jobs, having to cut back on spending, resulting in leaner lifestyles. Some have even been wavering on the brink of poverty. These are smart, industrious people who cringe at the thought of having to ask for a government hand out or ask friends or family for a loan. They have always been able to make it by, one way or the other. But, today's economy has presented a different set of challenges. Challenges which need to be met head on with progressive and innovative solutions. To be continued...

Saturday, June 13, 2009

An Inspiration Fund...Providing A Window of Hope and Sustenance for Friends in Need in 8 Parts




Part I- "Give and it Will Be Given You
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This is the first in a a series of 8 short thought-provoking messages which kicks off Minister Cynthia Wilson's economic "helps ministry", a humanitarian effort to help friends who are in need of financial assistance.
It also includes exclusive links to stories and "profiles in giving", inspirational vignettes of special friends who have helped her through financial crises while providing insight along the way-- a bonus for fund donors.


Luke 6:38

"Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back."

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After a recent conversation with a good friend, my thought was how easy it is to sometimes forget those who have generously given to us at some point in our lives. If they have not given directly to us, they may have given to the church, a friend or family member, or someone else in our neighborhood or community. They have given, in either time or treasure and may have now fallen on hard times, leaving burning in our psyche the nagging question (to be continued)...,

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