Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn't the American Dream

no room for the “god-complexes” that so often characterize those who try to help materially poor people,

And that is exactly what salvation does for us.

Part 3

physical pain or mental illness.

The good news is that as we repent, we move more deeply into the only story of change that is true: God’s story of change for the entire universe, including people who are poor … and ourselves.

Can it be predicted? Can we choose what we become? And how does the fact that we all are becoming something inform the way we walk with materially poor people? Can we help them change?

Republicans tend to act as if people are poor due to their own values and behaviors.

Moreover, the fundamental structure of the economy changed as new technology, foreign competition, and outsourcing moved jobs from the Rust Belt to Silicon Valley.

What makes people happy?