Archive for March, 2009

Razoo exists to help people find their passion. We built Razoo as a platform that helps you learn about various causes and connect with people who care deeply about similar issues. It’s a place where you can discover what makes you come alive. It’s different for each of us, so learn.

Razoo exists to inspire you towards and celebrate ‘ah ha’ moments. By providing a platform for expression, we hope to share moments of fulfillment with each other. These moments can happen anywhere, any time and provide the fuel to propel us towards greater service and sacrifice. There are so many …

The following is an interview of Steve Garber of The Washington Institute. The interview was conducted by the International Arts Movement.

By Loredana Vuoto & Mark Rodgers

For the first time since Jimmy Carter ran for the White House in 1976, large numbers of evangelical and Catholic voters pulled the Democratic lever in a presidential election. Last week, Pres. Barack Obama decided to reverse a policy that prohibits U.S. tax dollars from funding abortion providers overseas.

How to square the two? Some younger Christians probably saw it coming: Obama’s campaign emphasized social-justice issues like overcoming racism, combating poverty, and tackling global issues like AIDS, and for them, this agenda trumped abortion. For others, however, the new policy is a betrayal: While courting the …

By Mark Rodgers

The great social movements are rarely the result of isolated legislative decisions made by a handful of people. Often, legislative change is the response to a cultural revolution. It took me only a few years working on Capitol Hill to recognize the truth of Damen of Athens’ observation, “Give me the songs of a nation, and it doesn’t matter who writes its laws.”

Why are the songs of our nation so important? By songs I mean “cultural artifacts” such as stories, films, even computer game scenarios. They are important because they articulate what we love and hate and provide …