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20 books @bibledude readers are reading right now [march 2012]

by Dan King | Mar 2, 2012 | READ

I’m not surprised a lot by this month’s list of what BibleDude.net readers are getting themselves into. It was a month when I was on a mission trip to Haiti doing a great deal of work with orphans and the poor. So to see several books on these issues on...

[the 7 project] month one: food

by Dan King | Mar 1, 2012 | authentic christianity, book reviews, engaged in culture, READ

[serialposts]I’m fat. Technically, the BMI calculators I just used tell me that I’m obese. My ever-increasing waistline is a clear example of my excess in the area of food. And watching my fat-pants get even tighter is a constant reminder that I’ve...

there’s haiti mud on my shoes

by Dan King | Feb 27, 2012 | activist faith, haiti, missions, poverty, SERVE

[serialposts]Is it bad that I don’t want to wash the Haiti mud off of my shoes? Most of it is already gone anyway, but the thought of washing the rest of it off just breaks my heart. I should probably be a little embarrassed walking around in public with dirty...

book review: when helping hurts [how to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor … and yourself]

by Dan King | Feb 24, 2012 | activist faith, book reviews, missions, poverty, READ

It was all starting to make perfect sense. I listened to stories about communities who didn’t seem to care about maintenance as I stood there in Haiti looking at a broken (and now unusable) well. I also heard stories about American missions teams coming to visit...

the 7 project [an experimental mutiny against excess]

by Dan King | Feb 22, 2012 | authentic christianity, book reviews, READ

The thoughts running through my head make me sick to my stomach. The kind of sick that causes me to want to shake it up and do whatever it takes to purge myself of the crap (yeah, I said it) that spoils everything else that’s in there. And I’m blaming Jen...