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March 31, 2016 by Jed Dearing

Let’s Grow A Garden!

The Near East House, the newest Praxis intentional community, partnered in the Woodland Park neighborhood with St. Philip’s Columbus, is the proud recipient of a 2016 Young Adult United Thank Offering Grant to start a new community garden. The Woodland Park Community Garden purposes to serve the residents of the neighborhood, both by (1) being […]

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February 14, 2014 by Karl Stevens

Episode #48: Valentine’s Day, Marriage, and Divorce

This week Laurie and Karl talk about marriage in honor of Valentine’s Day.  Will getting married help poor people escape poverty?  There’s a lot of debate, that Annie Lowry lays out beautifully in this New York Times Magazine Article.  And if getting married causes poor people more hardship, is there a way in which the church can […]

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January 17, 2014 by Karl Stevens

Episode 44: Was the War on Poverty Worth It?

This week Karl, Jared and Laurie discuss the 50th anniversary of Lyndon B. Johsnon’s war on poverty, using Zachary Karabell’s’s article in The Atlantic as a jumping off point.  Then we talk about the baptism of Christ in the Gospel of John.  You can listen to the podcast here or by subscribing through the iTunes store.

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December 11, 2013 by Praxis

A short, very telling video from Why Poverty?

This was posted on the Episcopal Cafe.  The video ends with this startling fact: “An estimated 800,000 square kilometres of farmland in the developing world have been sold to foreign entities.”  It shows how quickly, and indifferently, entire villages can be displaced.