{"id":676,"date":"2011-05-27T06:21:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T10:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=676"},"modified":"2011-05-26T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T18:36:27","slug":"help-someone-keep-their-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html","title":{"rendered":"Help Someone Keep Their Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>MSNBC<\/a> reported today American home foreclosures accounted for 28 percent of all home sales, a share nearly six times higher than what it would be in a healthy housing market.<\/p>\n

Yes, this is depressing news. Some would even call it a depression.<\/p>\n

But foreclosure is not always inevitable. We sometimes see family, friends, and neighbors struggle to keep their home, hoping and praying they do, and then stop. What if we did something to help instead?<\/p>\n

A friend of mine once said, “What would our nation be like if every American helped another American out of homelessness?”<\/p>\n

I would add, “What would our nation be like if every American helped another American keep <\/em>their home?”<\/p>\n

Those in need aren’t always across the ocean or in the run-down parts of town. Sometime they’re next door.<\/p>\n

As Jesus said, love your neighbor as yourself.<\/p>\n

In some cases, this might include helping someone make a mortgage payment.<\/p>\n

Help someone keep their home.<\/p>\n

If one of you says to them, \u201cGo in peace; keep warm and well fed,\u201d but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” <\/em>-James 2:16-17<\/em><\/p>\n

+++<\/p>\n

DILLON BURROUGHS<\/strong><\/a> is an author, activist, and co-founder of Activist Faith. Dillon served in Haiti following the epic 2010 earthquake and has investigated modern slavery in the US and internationally. His books include\u00a0Undefending Christianity<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0Not in My Town<\/em><\/a> (with Charles J. Powell), and\u00a0Thirst No More<\/em> <\/a>(October). Discover more at\u00a0ActivistFaith.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MSNBC reported today American home foreclosures accounted for 28 percent of all home sales, a share nearly six times higher than what it would be in a healthy housing market. Yes, this is depressing news. Some would even call it a depression. But foreclosure is not always inevitable. We sometimes see family, friends, and neighbors…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,5,9,13,10,8,12],"tags":[16,14,141,140],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-christianity","category-church-in-action","category-dignity-of-life","category-faith","category-poverty","category-social-justice","category-worldview","tag-activist-faith","tag-dillon-burroughs","tag-foreclosure","tag-mortgage-crisis"],"yoast_head":"\nHelp Someone Keep Their Home - Activist Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Help Someone Keep Their Home - Activist Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MSNBC reported today American home foreclosures accounted for 28 percent of all home sales, a share nearly six times higher than what it would be in a healthy housing market. Yes, this is depressing news. Some would even call it a depression. But foreclosure is not always inevitable. We sometimes see family, friends, and neighbors…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Activist Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-27T10:21:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-05-26T18:36:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/files\/2011\/05\/fffimages.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dillon Burroughs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Help Someone Keep Their Home - Activist Faith","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Help Someone Keep Their Home - Activist Faith","og_description":"MSNBC reported today American home foreclosures accounted for 28 percent of all home sales, a share nearly six times higher than what it would be in a healthy housing market. Yes, this is depressing news. Some would even call it a depression. But foreclosure is not always inevitable. We sometimes see family, friends, and neighbors…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html","og_site_name":"Activist Faith","article_published_time":"2011-05-27T10:21:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-05-26T18:36:27+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/files\/2011\/05\/fffimages.jpg"}],"author":"Dillon Burroughs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html","name":"Help Someone Keep Their Home - Activist Faith","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/files\/2011\/05\/fffimages.jpg","datePublished":"2011-05-27T10:21:52+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-26T18:36:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/#\/schema\/person\/d931a1eb5dc2e7bf29e30bb1ea7d0311"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/files\/2011\/05\/fffimages.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/files\/2011\/05\/fffimages.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/05\/help-someone-keep-their-home.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Help Someone Keep Their Home"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/","name":"Activist Faith","description":"Christian Inspiration, Christian Blogs, Christian News, Top Christian Blogs","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/#\/schema\/person\/d931a1eb5dc2e7bf29e30bb1ea7d0311","name":"Dillon Burroughs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/e7e\/e7e0e064c658f0c59bfb3c9a1a05121bx96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/e7e\/e7e0e064c658f0c59bfb3c9a1a05121bx96.jpg","caption":"Dillon Burroughs"},"description":"DILLON BURROUGHS is an author, activist, and cofounder of Activist Faith. Dillon served in Haiti following the epic 2010 earthquake and has investigated modern slavery in the US and internationally. His books include \"Undefending Christianity,\" \"Not in My Town\" (with Charles J. Powell), and \"Thirst No More\" (October 2011). Discover more at DillonBurroughs.org.","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/author\/dburroughs"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions\/2409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}