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A Prayer for Those Living in PovertyUSA
The largest "state" in the United States is PovertyUSA. Nearly one in six Americans (46 million people), and one in four children, live there. The government's official poverty threshold for a famil…
Chilly Mornings, Warm Souls: Stories from the Prahran Winter Breakfast
Artwork by: Nikita Zinoviev, age 16
Written by: Vincent Chang
The dawn had barely broken.
A Prayer for Those Affected by the Refugee Crisis
According to the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR), as of this writing in 2019 there are 68.5 million people displaced by war and violent conflict. Our human minds and hearts are not equipped to comprehen…
A Prayer for Victims and Families of Earthquakes in Iran
Two earthquakes in northwest Iran on Saturday, August 11, 2012, have killed 300 people and injured 2,600 more, according to reports from Reuters and other news agencies.
The first quake registere…
Chilly Mornings, Warm Souls: Stories from the Prahran Winter Breakfast
Artwork by: Nikita Zinoviev
Written by: Vincent Chang
The dawn had barely broken.
A Prayer for the 7 Billion People of the Earth
As of October 31, 2011, according to the U.N. Population Fund, there will be 7 billion people on the planet. China and India are the two most populous nations. Large challenges face the peoples of t…
A Prayer for those Suffering in East Africa's Famine
An article on TheWeek.com summarizes the worst food crisis in half a century now happening in the Horn of Africa: Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and parts of Uganda, Eritrea, and Djibouti. More than 11 m…
Lovingkindness for All Children
O Compassionate One, help us to have the same love and concern for all children - especially the poor and the homeless - as we have for our own children and grandchildren.
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