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PRISM Feature Stories -- 2010

May-June 2010:

Deliver Us from Debt (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by Jesse James DeConto

Sit in on a church-based financial literacy class, discover a multi-faith movement to keep the credit card companies in check, and discover the true wages of usury.

Mango Rain (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by Andrew Gray

A Cambodian pastor casts his lot with the poorest of the poor in a slum outside Phnom Penh.

From Killing Fields to Learning Streets (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by Pol-Paul Pat

How a small school in inner-city Philadelphia is impacting the lives of Cambodian immigrant families.

Takin’ It to the Streets (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by Peter Larson

New Horizons brings Christ to Seattle’s homeless kids–at the corner, on the curb, in the coffee shop.

 

March-April 2010:

Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by Laura J. Lederer

The sanctionedand widespreadkilling of female fetuses in India and China is creating a gender imbalance that feeds the trafficking market.

Changing the Hearts of Fathers (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by Heather Loring

Improving female literacy by strengthening the bonds between dads and their daughters.

Sorrow beyond Childbirth (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by L. Lewis Wall, M.D.

In the developing world, victims of obstetric fistula are modern-day counterparts of the bleeding woman who reached out to touch the hem of Christs garment.

Cutting Out the Devil (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by Olivia Jackson

Genital mutilation strips millions of girls every year of their God-given sexual integrity.

Breaking the Silence (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by Camerin Courtney

Rape victims in the Congo are emerging from the shadows of terror and shame to denounce sexual violence, fight impunity, and offer hope to other victims.

One Woman's Dream or Another Womans Nightmare? (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by Michele Clark

Egg harvesting is dangerous, unregulated, and highly exploitative.

Ain't I a Human? (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS available)
by B. Julie Johnson

Throughout history, women in prostitution have been compared to everything from sewers to mealsto everything, that is, but human beings.

January-February 2010:

 
A Rwandan genocide survivor, a Ugandan priest/peacemaker, and two Americans who have documented survivor/perpetrator stories share what they’ve learned about forgiveness.
 
 
 
Five tales of radical forgiveness and reconciliation from the 19th century to today.
 
 
by Michael S. Barry
 
A cancer hospital chaplain explores the role of forgiveness in healing.
 
 
by Jan Johnson
 
How to be both Mary and Martha: Spiritual maturity comes only when we combine a devotional life of prayer with a service life of outreach.
 
 
by Karen Stiller
 
God loves a cheerful giver, but what do you do when giving back to God attracts the unwelcome attention of the IRS?

 


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