True Charity
- Redemptive Charity Requires More of Us
- Food Aid Should Be Linked to a Willingness to Work
- A Review of In the Shadow of Plenty: Biblical Principles for Caring for the Poor by George Grant
- Collaboration Is Overrated: Why Charities Working Together Is Not the First Step
- What It Means to Flourish like a ‘Watered Garden’
- Lessons Learned in Affordable Childcare Ministry
- Measuring a Different Kind of ROI: How Philanthropists and Churches Can Spark True Transformation
- Does A Christian Worldview Boost Economic Outcomes?
- Why Voluntary Charity Is Not Optional: A Reflection on Rights and Duties
- How to Do Redemptive Welfare Reform
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. […]
Index of Economic Freedom
After 50 years of war on poverty, it appears there must be a better solution to helping our struggling neighbors than government funded programs. Recent data supports that people are […]
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 […]
Modeling Potential Income and Welfare-Assistance Benefits in Illinois
Single Parent with Two Children Household and Two Parents with Two Children Household Scenarios in Cook County, City of Chicago, Lake County and St. Clair County Excerpted from Illinois Policy Institute. […]
The Rising Cost of Social Security Disability Insurance
Excerpted from “Policy Analysis” Newsletter from the CATO Institute. Written by Tad DeHaven – Originally Published August 6, 2013 Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is one of the largest federal […]