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Charity

Giving In Light of Eternity: A Call to Christian Charity

| January 8, 2021 | Blog Contributor

Giving In Light of Eternity: A Call to Christian Charity
“Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.” In the opening stave of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, A Christmas Carol, that line sets the scene, communicating Scrooge’s light-less surroundings and miserly priorities. However, by the end of the story, the cost of...
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Sarah George
Sarah George was selected as a 2020 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and also interned with the Initiative. She is a senior at Georgetown University where she majors in culture and politics with a focus on the intersection of Christianity and public policy.

Don’t Give Up on Giving: How a Theology of Creation Informs Resilient Poverty Solutions

| November 2, 2015 | Poverty

Don’t Give Up on Giving: How a Theology of Creation Informs Resilient Poverty Solutions
Recently, Joe Coletti at The Federalist wrote about private giving in his reviews of Robert Lupton’s “Charity Detox” and Arthur Brooks’ “The Conservative Heart.”  Coletti contrasts old concepts of charity with the efforts of people like Lupton, who founded the...
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Sara Belz
Sara Belz is a Research Analyst with the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the Economic Studies program at Brookings.

Seeing Life Through a Beggar’s Eyes

| June 24, 2015 | Poverty

Seeing Life Through a Beggar’s Eyes
Seven years ago during the Acumen fellowship program, I was challenged to spend a day on the streets of New York trying to better understand the plight of the 59,000+ homeless in New York City. The experience was an exercise in moral imagination, which Jacqueline...
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Joel Montgomery
Joel Montgomery has worked in 31 countries, lived in five, and speaks three languages. With a career straddling the private and social sectors, Joel has experience working with large Fortune 100 companies and small startups.