"Poverty was created by us because we really haven’t lived into His vision of loving our neighbor as ourselves and of really understanding that someone else’s suffering needs to be mine and it demands something of us. When you have a massive disparity between the rich and the poor, that is unsustainable.
The world is never going to be safe as long as masses of people are living in poverty so that a handful of people live however they want. It’s all of our responsibility to figure out how the great gifts that this world has are shared amongst the people."
The world is never going to be safe as long as masses of people are living in poverty so that a handful of people live however they want. It’s all of our responsibility to figure out how the great gifts that this world has are shared amongst the people."
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Shane Claiborne (via azspot)
(via museandmirth)
This is so important! ”THE WORLD IS NEVER GOING TO BE SAFE AS LONG AS MASSES OF PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN POVERTY SO THAT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE LIVE HOWEVER THEY WANT.”
This is so important! ”THE WORLD IS NEVER GOING TO BE SAFE AS LONG AS MASSES OF PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN POVERTY SO THAT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE LIVE HOWEVER THEY WANT.”
How are we complicit in systems that keep people in poverty? In what ways to the ripples I create by living my life touch other people? Is this shirt supporting a system of human trafficking? Is this beef heavily contributing to global warming in ways that will foremost affect communities living in poverty? Is this store I shop at paying people unlivable wages? Do my voting habits adversely affect particular demographics? Is our education system neglecting certain populations and perpetuating cycles of poverty? Is this TV station I watch fairly representing people or is it offering ignorant and damaging views of people?
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