Nov 28, 2014

#GivingTuesday

Thanksgiving discussion about #Pray4Ferguson

Hypothetical situation.  If you as an individual had somehow raised 10K to help the recovery effort in Ferguson and you are in a position of power, would you choose to spend the money rebuilding 

1) Parks or monuments that had been damaged

2) Community house of Faith and Worship

3) Grocery store

or 

4) Quick Mart Gas Station/Garage

The decision was based on who would benefit most, who had the most employees.  Option 4 was the decision

Next question was Since insurance may cover structural and property loss damage, how will the money best be spent? 

The answer was to help employees that may have suffered loss not covered by the franchise.  For instance 3 households of persons employed by that specific location who may have suffered lost wages or somehow directly affected by the circumstances.

Last question.  From the 10K, 3K was left over after helping out the 3 households.  Would you restart your fund raising efforts and start from the first questions or contribute the remaining 3K to a disaster relief effort and be satisfied with your efforts?  

Nov 15, 2014

National Homelessness Awareness Week: 2014 November 15-23



What image comes to mind when you think of a homeless person?  Is it a heavy, unkempt looking person pushing a shopping cart down the road or do you think of the movie Joe?  

During this week of awareness I'm rethinking homelessness.  The following  are some of the persons I now visualize:  

The Underemployed or Transient worker

The Physically and or Mentally Disabled

Victims of Tragedy like Rape, Sexual Abuse, Domestic Battery
   

Nov 2, 2014

Might be Entertaining the Wrong Crowd

Ask yourself:
Has my perspective been poisoned?

Do you have a healthy church perspective?

Have you been isolated?

Surrounded by mostly Neutral, positive or negative thinking?

What type of characters are drawn to you naturally?