Dave Buerstetta on striving to do justice and love others while walking humbly with God
I recently shared this post that was originally published on Bread for the World's Bread Blog. I would understand if you thought my conclusions in that post seemed a bit like a math student who simply writes down an answer. Even though the answer is correct, you'd still like to know how she got there. …
Continue reading Making hungry people hungrier is unacceptable, Part 2: Showing my work
Note: This post was originally published on the Bread Blog. Have you ever been hungry? I mean, Really. Hungry. As in no-food-in-the-house-and-no-resources-for-getting-more hungry? I haven’t. Oh sure, there’ve been some months when expenses were bigger than income and I didn’t know how to pay some bills. But I’ve always had support - financial and otherwise …
Continue reading Deliberately making hungry people hungrier is unacceptable
At the end of last year I wrote about why my wife, Joann, and I support Bread for the World. Today, I think I can sum up our advocacy with and for Bread in two numbers: 2000 6% 2000 isn't much of a revelation. Along with others, I've been sharing that number for years. 2000 …
My wife, Joann, and I are proud members of Bread for the World. Why? Because, for example: "Is not this the fast that I choose? To loose the bonds of injustice...to break every yoke? ...It is not to share your bread with the hungry?" (Isaiah 58:6-7) The biblical call for justice compels us to raise …
Welcome to another edition of my version of that blog post staple, the weekly recap/links roundup/info dump. My intent is to highlight stuff I came across this week (or, you know, at least fairly recently) that I found well-written or inspiring or bizarre or...well, or perhaps stuff so good I wish I’d written it myself. …
Update: Several religious leaders, including General Secretary of the Board of Church & Society, Jim Winkler, were arrested today for praying and protesting the budget proposals in the Capital rotunda. As a Bread for the World member, I was asked to participate in emailing Senators Durbin and Kirk as we continue to seek to follow …
Yesterday I shared that I was one of over 4000 pastors who signed an open letter to President Obama and Congress regarding the current budget impass. I am also one of over 500 people from across Illinois who signed a memo to our Senators, Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk. Today, Bread for the World activists …
Ok, so this isn't exactly my ad in Politico...but I am one of the 4000+ pastors who signed on to this: Sojouners writes more about this on their God's Politics blog today. They also list the ad signers by state. Sojo invited me to write "2-3 sentences" about my support for this movement which they …
Moved by God’s grace in Jesus the Christ – the Liberating King – we raise our voices to help end hunger at home and abroad. - Rev. David Beckmann, president, Bread for the World A lofty goal, that. Then again, so is “love God and love your neighbor as yourself.” So that is exactly what …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 