Today’s inspiration comes from Isaiah 1:17.

“Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.”

Today’s Team 1 blogger is Mark. Read his post here.

Charley is blogging for Team 2 today on Faith Ministries, which works in the Mexico border region.

Today’s inspiration is from G.K. Chesterton:

“There are two ways to get enough:  one is to continue to accumulate more and more.  The other is to desire less.”

Prairie Rose is blogging for Team 1 today on Compassion International. 

Today’s inspiration is from Richard Foster’s Freedom of Simplicity:

“Our lifestyle is not our private affair.  We dare not allow each person to do what is right in his or her own eyes.  The Gospel demands more of us:  it is obligatory upon us to help one another hammer out the shape of Christian simplicity in the midst of our modern affluence.”

Shaun Groves is blogging for Team 1 today.  His subject is releasing children from poverty through Compassion International.  Be sure to check it out!

Polly is blogging for Team 2 today.  Check out her post on helping those in need through the Mocha Club. 

Stephanie is blogging for Team 2 today.  Read her heartbreaking post on abused children, and commit to helping children in your community who have suffered such terrible wrongs. 

Today’s inspiration is from a hymn by Cleland McAfee:

“There is a place of quiet rest, near to the heart of God.”

Shawn is blogging today for Team 1.  Check out his video blog (!) in which he demonstrates a simple way to provide clean water to those in need. 

Andira is blogging for Team 2 on the very important issue of access to clean water.  Click on over and learn all about it!

Today’s inspiration is from Carlo Carretto’s Why, O Lord?:

“The kingdom of God is at the centre of God’s heart and of human awareness.  For the poor, the unimportant, the oppressed the kingdom is perfectly intelligible.  For the rich, the sated, the sensual it is mysterious and not anything they want to seek.”

Mama’s Boy is blogging for Team 1 today.  His subject is caring for the elderly through sponsorships. 

Leslie is blogging for Team 2 today.  Her subject is Water Aid.  As you’re enjoying 4th of July celebrations today, take a moment to be thankful for the access to clean water that we enjoy in the West, and commit to doing something to help those who go without.

Today’s inspiration is from Richard J. Foster’s Money, Sex, & Power:

“Do we buy a particular home on the basis of the call of God, or because of the availability of money?  Do we buy a new car because we can afford it, or because God instructed us to buy a new car?  If money determines what we do or do not do, then money is our boss.  If God determines what we do or do not do, then God is our boss.”

Tim is blogging for Team 1 today - check out his post on a unique way that he and other students are helping refugees and others in need.

Sarah is blogging for Team 2 today.  She writes about martyrs - check out her post!

Today’s inspiration is from Donald J. Shelby’s Forever Beginning:

“Personal piety is commended, but only when it leads to concern for the stranger and to moral righteousness and justice in society.  To be alive in the Spirit and to follow Jesus is to put faith to work; it is to translate our love for God into caring concern for the least and the lost.  Did not Jesus do that himself?  His own moments of prayer and spiritual preparation were often followed by gestures of healing and help.”

Steven is blogging for Team 1 today.  His subject is homelessness.

Beth is blogging for Team 2 today.  Her subject is Compassion International, and she does a great job of juxtaposing our waste and wealth with the world’s deep needs.

Today’s inspiration is from Ronald Sider’s Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger:

“It is not because food, clothes, wealth, and property are inherently evil that Christians today must lower their standard of living.  It is because others are starving.  Creation is good.  But the one who gave us this gorgeous token of affection has asked us to share it with our sisters and brothers.”

I’m blogging for Team 1 today on the rape epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.