Jesus Is That Hungry Person

Article from NPR on the Homeless Jesus statue: Statue Of A Homeless Jesus Startles A Wealthy Community

Quote is from From Brokenness to Community by Jean Vanier.

"Those with whom Jesus identifies himself are regarded by society as misfits. And yet Jesus is that person who is hungry; Jesus is that woman who is confused and naked. Wouldn’t it be extraordinary if we all discovered that? The face of the world would be changed. We would then no longer want to compete in going up the ladder to meet God in the light, in the sun and in beauty, to be honored because of our theological knowledge. Or if we did want knowledge, it would be because we believe that our knowledge and theology are important only so long as they are used to serve and honor the poor.”

Ice Cream Hunger

The United Nations says that it would only take $30 billion per year to solve world hunger.

Western Europe and the United States spend $37.5 billion per year on frozen deserts.

If you are lucky enough to have ever tasted ice cream, you would understand why we don’t help with this problem.

Only 10.6% of the world's population lives in Western Europe and the United States.

Sources:
LA Times article The Price of Hunger.
Does Any Company Still Make All-Natural Ice Cream without Gums or Stabilizers?

John Wesley on Election Day

I met those of our society who had votes in the ensuing election, and advised them
1. To vote, without fee or reward, for the person they judged most worthy
2. To speak no evil of the person they voted against, and
3. To take care their spirits were not sharpened against those that voted on the other side.

From John Wesley, October 6, 1774.