Archive for Economy

7 Billion People Strong

// October 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Community, Economy, Environment

This National Geographic video says we’ll soon be 7 Billion strong. With 5 people born every second, that makes sense. http://ashleyandjason.com/wordpress/7-billion

Christians Persecuted Even More

// September 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Community, Economy, Government

In case you haven’t heard, our already corrupt world is filled with acts of hate by Muslims. Not only can we read about a mass rape in the Congo in which 240 dear women were harmed horrifically, now there is this story of Christians being excluded from aid in the flooded areas of Pakistan. In fact, local governments are routing the flood waters away from Muslim landowners and into Christian and lower-class villages without warning. Below are snippets from the story, or read the whole article here: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/72113

Shut Up and Just Do It

// April 29th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Business, Career, Community, Economy, Government, Health, Leadership, Management, Parenting, What's Up

“Shut up and Just Do It” is my interpretation of this Art Williams (Billionaire) speech given back in 1987. Taking this to heart and thought you might want to do the same.

On Killing Our President

// April 24th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Economy, Government, Writing

As soon as I saw it, I wanted to comment on this ridiculous Facebook bit:

Dear Lord,
This year you took my favorite actor, Patrick Swayzie (sic). You took my favorite actress, Farah Fawcett. You took my favorite singer, Michael Jackson. I just wanted to let you know, my favorite president is Barack Obama. Amen.

Getting Robbed in a Foreign Country

// July 23rd, 2008 // No Comments » // Christianity, Economy, Health, Ministry, Travel

I have a former employee at my current church who quit working for us to go on a one-year round the world missions excursion on a bare bones budget. Read his commentary on this trip blog.

The crazy news is that he was robbed at gunpoint in Johannesburg last night and all his possessions were taken. If you can send a few extra dollars his way, instructions are below on how to do it. Here is his story on the robbery: