Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
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What makes a cliché a cliché? And how do you know a trusty old adage is true or merely trite? I’ve heard from many good-intentioned people, “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” I hear this quip most often in the context of discussions about wealth and poverty. I think the main assumption of this notion, then, is that the ‘man’ in question is destitute and therefore in desperate need of either a fish to eat or the knowledge of how to fish. This popular and well-aged s...
It’s hard not to feel like a victim these days. As our injured economy limps on, the one percent tells us we are victims of mismanagement by a bloated and corrupt administration while the 99 percent shout from the rooftops that we are victims of the greed and hubris of the one percent. Unjust immigration laws victimize immigrants while citizens feel like victims of the difficult social and economic aspects of immigration. With the churches in America shrinking while the church in the developing world grows, pastors like me c... Full story