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Shalem: "Vision" Video


Shalem shares his song "Vision" and enccourages us all to share the story of Jesus Christ through rap music.  He is currently running a music studio at the Salvation Army in Compton serving youth in a variety of ways using technology.

 

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Rising Ethanol Use Among the Causes of Food Inflation

Lincolnway Energy ethanol plant (fredthompson, Flickr)Over the past few weeks, several developing nations have seen riots sparked by rising food costs. According to the IMF and World Bank, the U.S.'s policy of promoting ethanol use is a major cause of the inflation.

Keep Food Affordable for the Global Poor

Give Us this Day... (Kris Litman, flickr)Food prices are rising everywhere, but the developing world is being hit the hardest. Join Oxfam America in telling Congress to reform our food aid policies so that food can be purchased locally, not shipped halfway across the world.

Be an Informed Voter with Project Vote Smart

Project Vote Smart is the political equivalent of Wikipedia - just as comprehensive, but more accurate. If you want to compare politicians' voting records to their stump speeches, start here.


In both the Old Testament and the New, God's people are told to welcome the alien and the stranger. Current U.S. immigration law makes this calling difficult to live out, as Jim Wallis explains.

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Opportunities

AmeriCorps volunteer mentoring Starting this spring TechMission Corps' AmeriCorps program is offering one-year full-time paid internships serving in urban ministries in Boston, New York, Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles.

Your skills + ChristianVolunteering.org = Perfect Match

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ChristianVolunteering.org: Putting Faith to Work

TechMission's ChristianVolunteering.org is the leading Christian volunteer matching website, currently offering over 2000 volunteer opportunities. Also check out the volunteer training and presentations we offer through UrbanMinistry.org's Encyclopedia of Volunteer Management, Volunteering, and Short-Term Missions.