There are few forms of discrimination that have as much wide-spread and consistent impact on success then the wage gap. The wage gap references the statistical gap between men and women’s pay for equal work. To date, all skills and experience being equal, white women earn 77 cents on the dollar that white men earn. Men and women of color fare worse.
The Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, making it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who hold the same …

One of the most moving movie scenes ever, that has impacted my day to day life, is this scene from Schindler’s List.
The background (for the couple who haven’t scene it) is Schindler is a German businessman who has saves the lives of over a thousand Jews by employing them in his factories during the Holocaust. The clip is longer, but the first four minutes is the part I’d like you to watch.

Schindler, who did so much and is a hero to many, still has sincere regret about some of his …

I’m going to keep this short and practical. I realize budgets will vary from city to city and based on circumstances, but I think we can have a fairly frank talk about the amount of money we are spending. I’m not saying we’ll settle on a ‘Jesus says you should live by this budget’, but we will hopefully have a honest discussion about things. I’ll just throw this out off the top of my head to get the discussion going:
Monthly Budget 

Rent/Utilities/etc- $500
Food- $100 (per person)
Car (insurance/gas)- $100
Miscellaneous- $100
Emergency- $100
Fun Money- …

Thanks for all the feedback on the last couple house posts everybody! I’m realizing there are quite a few more interested parties then I originally realized. I mentioned earlier that one of the reasons we are excited about doing this, and taking seriously paying off our debt, is that we want to have an opportunity to serve as an example to others of taking debt seriously and paying things off. The ultimate goal for us, is to live on only what we need (more discussion here later) and to continue …

As we talked about a couple days ago, there is definitely a difference between “small things” and “big things” in the lifestyle choices that we make. Yesterday, we talked about, on a practical level, what the day in and day out lifestyle of an ethical person might look like. Today, it’s time to contemplate and consider if all those “small things” really do make a difference. We’ll talk about reducing energy, buying sweatshop-free clothing and fair trade coffee.
What if we all reduced our energy consumption (like turning down our heat)? …

A Day in the Life of Trendy Guy

B-fast: Double Mocha from Starbucks
Transportation: Ford Excursion
Day Job: Corporate Elite for Walmart
Home: High rise Condo in recently gentrified neighborhood.
Dinner: Fancy Steakhouse
Nightlife: Regularly volunteers at a soup kitchen.
Summer: Missions trip in the 3rd world.

A Day in the life of Hippie Gal

B-fast: Free-range eggs from local CSA
Transportation: Bike and Public Transit
Day Job: Barista for local fair trade coffee shop
Home: Commune in the city.
Dinner: Potluck with Community Garden.
Nightlife: Late night concerts, anti-corporate protest, and other leisure activities.
Summer: Road Trips, Music Festivals, and wild parties.

What I would …

This is my response to the comment below that was made on my blog a while back:
My point is that people of faith who ache for a lost, dying, and hungry world ought to spend less time worrying about what soda or coffee to drink, or whether to put on a (“fair trade” wool) sweater or turn up the heat, and saying things like “heres to you” to pizza donating murderers, and more time doing things with a little more substance to help alleviate or solve the problems they lament.
Dear …

I finally went to the bike shop today to hear the inevitable, “What have you done to your bike!” line concerning my lack of maintenance to my major mode of transportation. I lamented over the $200 tune-up and part replacement estimate, realizing I’d paid just $210 for the bike used one year ago. I thought over the maintenance I could do myself, and felt guilty about the fact that I’ve said I would do it for months now. It’s probably the same with our car if I think about it, …