The Boston Globe recently published this article citing research which indicates ‘microloans’ (less than $100 loans to individuals in the developing world) though good are not all they are cracked up to be (such as the key to end global poverty!)

I recently found a website called www.gotell.org.  I used it to help me take our last two Sunday gospel reading from Mark 10:17-31 and perform it orally for a sermon.  You click on Lections and it lists the various readings for the common lectionary. Most other lectionary including the LCMS series are fairly similar.  The great thing I found was the gospel broken down and formatted in oral episodes. There is a commentary on how to perform the text orally including voice intonations and things like that.  It is done by an excellent New Testament scholar Dr. Tom Boomershine.  You can also listen to audio performances.