Real Life: The Mite at Work
On Friday, we looked at the story of the Widow’s Mite from the Gospel of Luke. Here’s a modern day example: We’ll call her Trisha. Trisha visited our Food Pantry a few times. Her health kept her down more than…
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The Widow’s Mite
In the midst of writing these posts over the past few days, I ran across this life lesson Jesus taught his disciples. The experience is told in Mark 12. 41Jesus sat down near the collection box in the Temple and…
Close the Food Pantry Already! [Part 2]
This post is a continuation from yesterday’s introduction to why we need to change the food pantry goals. Here are four things Lupton says we need to consider in our development work: Don’t subsidize poverty When we give away food…