Links
- Photo Essay: Guatemalan People
- Photo Essay: The Geography
- Photo Essay: The Cities
- Guatemala: Politics
- Guatemala: Religion
- Guatemala: Economy
- Guatemala: US Involvement
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A discussion and dialogue on the current and past situation in Guatemala from a Christian perspective
Thursday, June 12, 2003
On our recent trip to Guatemala we met several amazing people who are deeply committed to serving God's call. One of these individuals is Rick Ufford-Chase. Rick is a founder of Borderlinks. Borderlinks. He gave us a very thought provoking excercise in Guatemala economics. Rick had each of us role play the different influences in Guatemala economics. The President, the Bank, US interests, peasants, arms dealers etc...In this summary, Rick gives a similar view of America's impact on the country PCUSA Lecture. In this essay Rick paints an accurate picture of border communities. If you've ever been to a border town or maquiladora area, you will agree this is an accurate picture. Essay
Saturday, June 07, 2003
What do we as Christians do when we go to a place like Guatemala or any other Third World country where there is a proud, people who like our fellowship but don't want a handout? For americans it is somewhat conflicting. We like to fix things. Help people. In the back of our mind we like to take people under our wing. Well on our recent trip we were continually reminded of the potential pitfalls of paternalism. This is an interesting commentary on mission work. Anachronism and Adventurism: Recent Mission Trends. Another interesting commentary is Mission Frontiers
Monday, May 26, 2003
Testing the discussion area and concept. Discuss
Further refining the blog. While having some sense of tech savvy it has taken some time to properly conceptualize the way I want this blog to operate. Now I see the challenge. I have neen using Safari as a browser which isn't quite up to snuff and doesn't have the same interface and tools. Anyway after this operation is complete I will begin discussing Guatemala.
The first post
