When we collected an Offering o f Letters (OL) at Woodridge United Methodist Church on April 28th, I shared that writing to support food aid reform put us on the cutting edge; that we were helping Bread for the World try out a new focus for OLs. Food aid reforms in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 …
Tag: hunger
Victory! What’s next?
Thursday was a really good day. After months and even years of delay, the U.S. House of Representatives FINALLY passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) - and with it the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA)! The General Board of Church & Society of The United Methodist Church reminded us what The United Methodist …
Making hungry people hungrier is unacceptable, Part 2: Showing my work
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. …
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Listen to Amos, #endhunger
“...Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” We read those inspiring, challenging words from the prophet Amos this past Sunday. It certainly is a beautiful image - justice, as strong as the tide rolling in yet as refreshing as a cool stream, coming for those in need. But for we …
Undergraduate hunger
As Bread for the World reminds us, Globally, almost 16,000 children die each day from hunger related causes. That's one child every five seconds. This week 8 Woodridge United Methodist Church college students and 3 leaders (including my wife and me) served at Feed My Starving Children in Aurora. For many of these students, it …
New math: With > 2 & 4
I am an American Baptist. I grew up attending an American Baptist church and I am ordained by the American Baptist Churches USA. However (and oddly), I’ve spent the last 15+ years serving as one of the pastors of the Woodridge United Methodist Church. As The United Methodist Church is about ten times bigger than …
A little something to help Haiti
On Wednesday this week, 30 dedicated youth and adults from our church traveled to Aurora to work at Feed My Starving Children. FMSC is a Christian non-profit dedicated to providing food for, well, children starving all over the globe. They currently send food to over 70 countries. All the meals they send are hand packed …
A lofty goal
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 …
Did you get enough to eat today?
Did you get enough to eat today? I know I did. This afternoon alone I purchased lunch from a local restaurant and an organically grown peach from our church Mission Vegetable cart…and I had a cookie. Needless to say, I’m well-fed. But that’s not true for everyone. Perhaps your initial mental image of a hungry …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 