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Poverty; change the world; Dwight David Eisenhower

Home > Posts tagged Poverty; change the world; Dwight David Eisenhower

God’s Presence

God Who Is Present in the Darkness, let me feel your presence when I shut my eyes. If that cannot happen at this moment, send someone to me; give me words in a book,...

Read more April 16, 2020 at 10:29 am Beth

Life’s Curve Balls

Sometimes life just throws you a curve ball. You are expecting certain schedules, happenings, relationships. Your well-considered plans simply cannot materialize. The weather may not allow you to go on the hike or bike...

Read more February 9, 2015 at 9:30 am Beth

Poverty Quiz 2015 Questions 11-15

Answers to questions 6-10: 6.a; 7.c; 8.a; 9.b; 10.c   11. Which of the following items may be purchased with food stamps? (You may choose more than one answer.) a. Diapers b. Comet cleanser...

Read more January 12, 2015 at 5:16 pm Beth

Dilemma

This ran as a guest editorial by me in the Greenville  News on Sunday, December 14, 2014. I have worked in the poverty field for more than thirty years. I am passionate about all...

Read more December 15, 2014 at 7:24 pm Beth

Angelika’s Christmas

Here is an excerpt from Angelika’s Journal. She and her mother and brother are now staying in a shelter. December 20 Today was our last day of school before the winter break. I’m sad...

Read more December 1, 2014 at 10:37 am Beth

Is College for Everyone?

I was asked recently asked by someone who is mentoring an at-risk youth, “Is college for everyone?”  She wondered about how valid it was for her to push the idea of college for someone...

Read more November 6, 2014 at 2:19 pm Beth

Same Words, Different Meanings

Certain words have different meanings for people who have resources and those who don’t. One of the words is the word “money.” Those of us with resources use “money” to mean “security”—home, food, education,...

Read more November 3, 2014 at 12:33 pm Beth

Just As They Are

Simone Weil wrote in Waiting for God: “I have the essential need… to move among of every class and complexion, mixing with them and sharing their life and outlook, so far that is...

Read more October 27, 2014 at 1:49 pm Beth

That’s Understanding!

This week I was in Roswell, Georgia,to present workshops to both Roswell Presbyterian Church and to  nonprofits who partner with the host organization, HomeStretch, a vital nonprofit that works with families for 12-18 months...

Read more October 24, 2014 at 10:06 am Beth

Who said it?

Some people believe that it’s only the liberals who want to change the world for the better for people who live in poverty.  I know people from all along the faith and political spectrum...

Read more April 21, 2014 at 1:33 pm Beth

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Transitional Minister at Eastminster Presbyterian

I can surely testify that God works in mysterious ways. Back in late August/early September when I learned that I may be asked to become the Bridge Transitional minister at Eastminster Presbyterian Church...

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Beth Lindsay Templeton

As a community activist, author, minister, consultant and teacher, Beth Templeton hosts a variety of workshops to help remove our "blinders" when addressing persistent poverty in our society.

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