This collection of stories will inspire you, challenge you, change your attitudes, reorder your priorities, and compel you to become an advocate for those who have no voice.

As CEO of Compassion Australia, Paul O’Rourke has travelled extensively throughout the developing world, seeing the ministry of Compassion in action in Africa, Asia, South and Central America. Each visit to the field has left Paul significantly impacted, challenged and humbled by those he has met around the world, often living in the poorest and most desperate of physical circumstances, whose lives and attitudes reflect a true understanding of what is really valuable in God’s kingdom.

And Blessings of the Poor, compiled by Paul O'Rourke, is a collection of 48 personal stories by those who have shared a similar journey. People such as Darlene Zschech, Stasi Eldredge, Steve Grace, Rebecca St James, Bobbie Houston and many more open their hearts and share the ‘aha’ moments they experienced when visiting the field with Compassion.

These stories detail what we can learn from the poor about the things that really matter – things like faith, hope and love; the qualities that Jesus repeatedly proclaimed during his earthly ministry. 

The collection of stories will inspire you, challenge you, change your attitudes, reorder your priorities, and compel you to become an advocate for those who have no voice.

Order a copy of Blessings of the Poor (1016 KB PDF).

Any profit from the sale of this book will be donated to the ministry of Compassion. None of the contributors including Paul O'Rourke, CEO of Compassion Australia who compiled the collection, will receive any royalty or remuneration.

Date: 7 Jun 2007