5-year-old raises over $17,000 with “Lemonade for Lahaina”
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🗓️ 7 September 2023
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Summary
Five-year-old Edison Juel of Seattle raised $17,000 for Lahaina relief through his lemonade stand. His heart for generosity and helping others is a life principle worth considering, especially as our culture becomes increasingly anti-religion. When we can help others by sharing our faith, how can we as Christians defend our faith without becoming defensive or taking up arms in the culture wars?
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings. Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. Today is Thursday, September the 7th, |
| 0:07.6 | 2023. I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, |
| 0:15.1 | Dr. Jim Denison. A month ago tomorrow, the historic town of Lahaina was largely destroyed by wildfires. |
| 0:22.6 | The fire was not declared 100% contained until last weekend, as officials continued to investigate the cause of the tragedy. |
| 0:30.6 | Maui is facing a severe economic downturn and inviting tourists to come to the island, though they are urged not to visit the |
| 0:38.1 | Lahaina area. Meanwhile, more than 2,600 miles away, a five-year-old in Seattle has been making a |
| 0:45.8 | difference. Edison Jewel learned of the fires and set up a lemonade stand on his busy street. |
| 0:51.8 | It sold popsicles, ice cream sandwiches, candy, pink and yellow |
| 0:56.5 | lemonade, and even some of Eddie's toys. The sign read, food and stuff and lemonade for |
| 1:03.6 | Lahaina. His stand raised more than $17,000. Eddie's mother said she was struck by how his generosity invited others to be generous. |
| 1:15.1 | Therein lies a life principle worth considering today. |
| 1:19.4 | The New York Times recently published a letter to the editor from a political science professor |
| 1:23.8 | at Kent State University who claimed that Americans are, quote, becoming less religious |
| 1:28.7 | because there is zero evidence to support any of the central claims religious institutions make |
| 1:33.9 | about God and the supernatural, end quote. Ironically, the professor offers zero evidence for his |
| 1:41.1 | claim that religious institutions have zero evidence for their claims. I can only |
| 1:46.4 | assume that he can make such an erroneous assertion because he is writing out of his field and has no |
| 1:51.8 | personal engagement with his subject. Find a link in today's episode notes to my article, |
| 1:58.0 | Why Jesus, for a brief introduction to the enormously persuasive historical evidence |
| 2:03.4 | for Jesus. What interests me more is the fact that the Times chose to publish his letter, |
| 2:08.9 | lending it the paper's national platform. When I see stories like this, my instinct is to frame |
| 2:15.0 | them in the context of our ongoing cultural wars and do battle in kind. |
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