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Royal gift poll results

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Gift Catalog

Elegant, regal, ceremonious, formal, beautiful — these are all words that might be used to describe Prince William and Kate’s wedding after this weekend’s royal wedlock. But as any married person (or former wedding party member) knows, it is not without great planning that a “dream” wedding comes to life. There are dress fittings, cake tastings, floral appointments, seating charts… and perhaps one of the more exciting pre-wedding activities — the gift registry. But the royal couple is obviously not registering for towels, kitchen appliances and luggage. Instead, we love that they asked for donations to charitable funds, which got our blog team thinking — if we were invited to the royal nuptials, what World Vision gift would we give...

How would the disciples vote?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Rich Stearns in Advocacy

Cambodia-Thai Border Conflict Refugees and Relief (Um Vanndeth/WV/2011)

I mentioned last week in our chapel service at World Vision’s U.S. headquarters about a recent Christianity Today article I read that I can’t seem to get off my mind. In the article, a recent survey (pdf) by the Pew Research Center showed that American evangelicals were more in favor of cutting federal spending to “aid the world’s poor” than any other area. Second and third to cutting foreign aid were “government assistance for the unemployed” and “environmental protection.” As World Vision urges Congress right now to reconsider its possible budget cut that will greatly affect foreign disaster assistance by more than two-thirds, I wonder how Christians in Jesus’ day would poll in a survey of this same sort. From...