Comments on: Reflections From Honduras http://adamhamilton.cor.org/2008/03/05/reflections-from-honduras/ Faith, Morality, and Politics in a Black and White World Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:00:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Adam http://adamhamilton.cor.org/2008/03/05/reflections-from-honduras/#comment-250 Adam Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:49:53 +0000 http://adamhamilton.cor.org/2008/03/05/reflections-from-honduras/#comment-250 Thanks, Russell - our missions team is working on this and I think you'll hear more about it in the coming months. Blessings! Thanks, Russell - our missions team is working on this and I think you’ll hear more about it in the coming months. Blessings!

]]> By: Northstar http://adamhamilton.cor.org/2008/03/05/reflections-from-honduras/#comment-247 Northstar Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:22:42 +0000 http://adamhamilton.cor.org/2008/03/05/reflections-from-honduras/#comment-247 Wow, what a beautiful church and beautiful smiles on those faces. I don't think they would be happier with washer's and dryers in each home...but they don't live in America. Should we be comparing ourselves, one with another, in such a fashion? I too wish we could all sit on the back porch, drink coffee and chat back and forth across the yards like my husbands grandmother talked about (that is kind of like the joy those women experience). That was a time when most women stayed home and didn't work outside of the home. But wouldn't that kind of be like wanting to go back to the small church COR used to be. There is a price to be paid for freedom, and by freedom I mean allowing people to be everything God made them to be. That's what makes America great, certainly not our stuff. But, stuff comes with the prosperity that free thinking allows and also more temptations to excess. I just don't think you can have one without the other. The question may be in whether or not we choose to remember where the freedom came from and who it was given to and for what purpose...to make sure everyone gets to hear the good news. Wow, what a beautiful church and beautiful smiles on those faces. I don’t think they would be happier with washer’s and dryers in each home…but they don’t live in America. Should we be comparing ourselves, one with another, in such a fashion? I too wish we could all sit on the back porch, drink coffee and chat back and forth across the yards like my husbands grandmother talked about (that is kind of like the joy those women experience). That was a time when most women stayed home and didn’t work outside of the home. But wouldn’t that kind of be like wanting to go back to the small church COR used to be. There is a price to be paid for freedom, and by freedom I mean allowing people to be everything God made them to be. That’s what makes America great, certainly not our stuff. But, stuff comes with the prosperity that free thinking allows and also more temptations to excess. I just don’t think you can have one without the other. The question may be in whether or not we choose to remember where the freedom came from and who it was given to and for what purpose…to make sure everyone gets to hear the good news.

]]> By: Russell Mosburg http://adamhamilton.cor.org/2008/03/05/reflections-from-honduras/#comment-246 Russell Mosburg Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:46:06 +0000 http://adamhamilton.cor.org/2008/03/05/reflections-from-honduras/#comment-246 Adam ... The Church turned out beautiful! What a great blessing and asset to this community. I hope that we will have a chance to see more pictures or videos of the church. It would be wonderful if we could provide another kind of structure to help address your poverty comment. ("...There is real physical poverty in Honduras - a poverty where people live without adequate food, clothing, shelter, drinking water, and access to basic healthcare ...). It would be great to provide an ongoing economic structure to this community. It could be economic development or job/skill training that is relevant to this region or even providing jobs through some sort of local manufactuing facility. Looking forward to learning more and seeing more. Thanks for the update. Adam … The Church turned out beautiful! What a great blessing and asset to this community. I hope that we will have a chance to see more pictures or videos of the church.

It would be wonderful if we could provide another kind of structure to help address your poverty comment. (”…There is real physical poverty in Honduras - a poverty where people live without adequate food, clothing, shelter, drinking water, and access to basic healthcare …). It would be great to provide an ongoing economic structure to this community. It could be economic development or job/skill training that is relevant to this region or even providing jobs through some sort of local manufactuing facility.

Looking forward to learning more and seeing more. Thanks for the update.

]]> By: kansasbob http://adamhamilton.cor.org/2008/03/05/reflections-from-honduras/#comment-245 kansasbob Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:07:33 +0000 http://adamhamilton.cor.org/2008/03/05/reflections-from-honduras/#comment-245 What a sweet picture! I too wonder about the things we have sacrificed on the altar of materialism.. many who seemingly have the most are the least happy among us.. and sadly, the church is sometimes a part of this problem bringing focus to material things during fund raising campaigns. What a sweet picture! I too wonder about the things we have sacrificed on the altar of materialism.. many who seemingly have the most are the least happy among us.. and sadly, the church is sometimes a part of this problem bringing focus to material things during fund raising campaigns.

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