Lottery winners are more likely to declare bankruptcy within three to five years than the average American. What’s more, studies have shown that winning the lottery does not necessarily make you happier or healthier. “Evidence shows that most people who make it to the top one percent of income earners usually don’t stay at…

     I have become wary of anyone that declares that one solution exists to solve homelessness.  Many of these make intuitive sense.  Make more housing, get people housed first.  That makes a great deal of sense.  I am sure that if I worked at a center that never had contact with the actual homeless, I…

      It all starts with recognizing that we have a problem.  While there are many ways to look at this the most accurate way to look at it is that when we are in willful sin we are being led by idols.  When I lived in Washington state, we were house hunting.  It looked like…

 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good,  and sends rain on the…