Spirituality:

Why Faith Matters
review by: Sharon A. Singer

The following is from a book called Why
Faith Matters, by David J. Wolpe, with the
forward written by Rick Warren, author of
The Purpose Driven Life.

In "Search" type
Why Faith Matters

Seeing Rick Warren’s name there on the front cover naturally led
me to believe that David J. Wolpe was yet another Christian Pastor,
but in fact I discovered he is a Rabbi!  Curious about this strange
juxtaposition of opposing viewpoints, I began reading.  The following
is only one sample from this extremely thought provoking book:

“When we ask why bad things happen to good people, we
have to recognize the consequences envisaged by the
question. Imagine good things always happened to good
people and bad things always happened to bad people.  Every
time you robbed, you would be stricken with disease.  True,
you would never steal but the choice not to steal would have
no moral meaning.  We would be like rats in a Skinner box,
pushing the bar to receive a pellet of food.  Morality in its
highest form consists of being good regardless of what befalls
us.  To be good only to get something in return is not
goodness, but expedience.”

“Too often the drive to explain religion is actually the drive to explain it away.”
 ― David J. Wolpe, Why Faith Matters

Economic Development:

When poverty is explored in depth it is so much more than a lack of the paper substance we call "money."  It actually is a complete lack of power, a blighting of prospects, an inability to mobilize resources for self provisioning. Economic activity is actually about provisioning, rather than about the accumulation of finance.
—Karen Michael.

 Click on book
and in "search"
type “Banker
to the Poor”
Written by
Muhammad
Yunus

Environment :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Compost
    “If you can find a vegetable grown in a garden that is full
of compost and organic matter, compare it with a vegetable
from a grocery store or vegetable stand.  Because of the
organic matter that has been taken up into the plant’s
system, the taste difference is truly amazing.”
―Paul W. Rauch……To read the article: Click Here!