vol. 4, num. 12 :: 2005.06.17 — 2005.06.30
This triad of needs is often what we consider the essential provisions for life.? What is it like to go without one or more of these essentials?? What are the effects of never going without?
Encounters with a neighbor in need raise questions of how to adequately meet the need.
Sometimes the most immediate needs go beyond food, clothing and shelter.
A story of family, of wisdom and of home.
On chilling about cholesterol and becoming thankful for food.
Abortion, homosexuality and the values nearest the heart of God.
A review of Hotel Rwanda.
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.
On the language of food, in the everyday and in the feast.
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.
The introduction to a book by Mike Schut titled Food as Sacramental, which explores the meaning and purpose of food beyond scientific nutrition.
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.
Mitch Snyder writes about loving the people he serves in an emergency shelter.
On how ?a merry heart doeth like a medicine.?
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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