Toxic Charity and Its Business Affiliations
By James Whitford, originally printed in the Joplin Regional Business Journal A small group of company leaders visited the mission recently to tour and then discuss ways to partner. We […]
Entries by James Whitford
Poverty Demands more than Means-Tested Welfare
By James Whitford, published in the Joplin Globe on October 23, 2016. Early one morning, I took a seat on the steps of our mission beside an elderly lady whose […]
Producers Really Are Happier Than Consumers
By James Whitford published in the Joplin Globe March 27, 2016 Recently, after hearing me share that the working poor are happier than the welfare poor, Mark got a job. […]
Bandaging Homelessness Makes it Worse
By James Whitford published in the Joplin Globe November 8, 2015 For 10 years, I practiced wound care. I’ve probed, irrigated, and cut dead tissue out of the nastiest ulcers […]
Old Techniques Good for Today
By James Whitford published in the Joplin Globe Sept 13, 2015 Last month, the Foundation for Government Accountability published a paper titled “SNAP To It: Restoring Work Requirements Will Help […]
PSA Radio Spots – 2014
These PSAs, produced for Watered Gardens, will be running on various radio stations in the Joplin, MO area beginning in February 2014.
Where Empowerment Begins
James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission – Published in The Joplin Globe, April 30, 2014 I recall a trip to Grand Rapids where mission and church […]
PSA Radio Spots
These PSAs, produced for Watered Gardens, will be running on various radio stations in the Joplin, MO area beginning in December 2013.
Review: The Tragedy of American Compassion by Marvin Olasky
A review by James Whitford Marvin Olasky’s Tragedy of American Compassion is an in depth review of the history of American charity and its contrast to the welfare system. […]
Redefining Poverty
James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission – Published in The Joplin Globe, June 19, 2013 I remember meeting a man on the main road through Fond […]
Why work?
James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission Last week a couple of nice police officers approached me at the rescue mission to discuss a problem. People are […]
Effective Compassion not Government’s Job
James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission – Published in The Joplin Globe I was recently contacted by the Missouri Association for Social Welfare with a request […]
