GO DEEPER

LISTEN

In The Protagonistas podcast, Kat Armas invites the audience to listen in on conversations she shares with Black, indigenous, and other women of color as they consider together the form that biblical justice takes in the world today.

READ

Inspired by conversations Brian Fikkert found himself fielding after co-authoring the book When Helping Hurts, his new book, Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty isn’t the American Dream, outlines ministries that address poverty with, not for, those who are experiencing it. A companion workbook, A Field Guide to Becoming Whole, is also available.

STUDY

Follow up the book above with A Field Guide to Becoming Whole: Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries, also by Fikkert and Kapic. This guide offers practical instruction for small groups and ministries working from the theological foundation outlined in Becoming Whole. The workbook leads groups through principles for designing ministries that address poverty alleviation.

WATCH

In Sally McNamara Ivey’s TED Talk, “What I’ve Learned from Reading 10,000 Diaries,” she explores loss and ways of coping with grief together with others who grieve. She gives voice to her faith, recognizing the ways her prayers sustained her after losing her husband and encouraging others toward solidarity by saying, “I am not alone. You are not alone. We are not alone.”