*culture is not optional

Willie

by David Howard Malone

Encounters with a neighbor in need raise questions of how to adequately meet the need.

Feeding the hungry

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Sometimes the most immediate needs go beyond food, clothing and shelter.

Rumgumption

by Wm. Anthony Connolly

A story of family, of wisdom and of home.

Down with diets

by Bill Boerman-Cornell

On chilling about cholesterol and becoming thankful for food.

Late night thoughts on necessities in the divine economy

by Reverend Lawrence W. Farris

Abortion, homosexuality and the values nearest the heart of God.

An ordinary hero

by Denis Haack

A review of Hotel Rwanda.

My Last Supper

by Gerald Folkerts

For A Little Girl's Mother I Met As a Girl

by Jennifer M. Parker

No happy ending for the real working poor

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Barbara Ehrenreich's book, Nickle and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, chronicles the author's attempt to survive in the U.S. while working low-wage jobs. Offering necessary insight into one of the country's neglected sub-classes, Nickle and Dimed indirectly challenges us to act for the benefit of millions of low-wage American workers.

Meeting God in the kitchen

by Steve Lansingh

On the language of food, in the everyday and in the feast.

Urban Injustice: How Ghettoes Happen Review

American Magazine

A review of a book by David Hilfiker, M.D., who worked for 18 years in Washington, D.C. on projects affiliated with Church of the Savior.

?A Pilgrimage: Coming Home to Eat?

Earth Ministry

The introduction to a book by Mike Schut titled Food as Sacramental, which explores the meaning and purpose of food beyond scientific nutrition.

Just Neighbors

Family Promise

This intergenerational curriculum uses film, role-playing and other means of raising awareness in participants of the root causes of poverty and homelessness. It?s flexibility makes it appropriate for a variety of settings.

Knowing the poor as mother, father, sister, child

Alternatives for Simple Living

Mitch Snyder writes about loving the people he serves in an emergency shelter.