Rev. Christopher Marlin-Warfield

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On the Media’s Series on Poverty Myths

I don’t know how I missed On the Media’s powerful multi-part series on myths about poverty, but I did. Busted: America’s Poverty Myths draws on some of the same research that I use in my critiques of the case against charity. This series is both a powerful indictment of how poverty is portrayed in the media and a helpful corrective. If you don’t have time to read book after book about the reality, psychology, and economics of poverty, I highly recommend listening to this series… repeatedly.

Part 1: The Poverty Tour

Part 2: Who Deserves to be Poor?

Part 3: Rags to Riches

Part 4: When the Safety Net Doesn’t Catch You

Part 5: Breaking News Consumer Handbook: Poverty in America Edition

I also recommend downloading, printing, and using the consumer’s handbook that On the Media has produced.

Rest

All of this is yours. All of this belongs to all of you. And there is enough and more than enough.

NASA , "Stellar" via Flickr Commons

Abortion and Texas

The new anti-abortion law in Texas is evil. Period. End of sentence. There’s just no other way of putting it.

Nationaal Archief , "Pro-abortusdemonstratie" via Flickr Commons

Be a Blessing: Encourage Others

It is hard to be blessed. It is hard to be a blessing. It’s hard to do that for an hour on Sunday morning. And it’s hard to do that everywhere, all the time.

Be a Blessing Banner at First Congregational United Church of Christ (DeWitt, Iowa) by cmarlinwarfield

About

I’m a pastor, an author, and a nonprofit development and communications professional. My passion, my mission, and my calling is bringing people together to do good, with a particular focus on serving people who are experiencing poverty and other forms of marginalization.

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