Llove Letters

Let me see if I can make your “Christmas deliberations” a little more difficult. There is a new book available titled The Hole in Our Gospel, by Richard Stearns. A summary of the book contains these words – Over 1 billion people (about 15% of the world’s population) live in extreme poverty. In monetary terms, they live on less than $1 per day…. for reference, the average American income is $105 per day. The harsh reality for these people includes: 9,000,000 die each year from hunger related causes; a child dies every 5 seconds; 5,000,000 die each year from water related illness; a child dies every 15 seconds; millions more…