One Thing That's Clear In

Charity Is Merely Returning What We Have Stolen.

I'm Just Not Convinced That Jesus Is Going To Say, "when I Was Hungry, You Gave A Check To The United Way And They Fed Me.

This Is What Jesus Had In Mind: Folks Coming Together, Forming Close-knit Communities And Meeting Each Other's Needs-- No Kings, No Major Welfare Systems, No Presidents Necessary. His Is A Theology And Practice For The People Of God, Not A Set Of Suggestions For Empire.

It Is A Beautiful Thing When Folks In Poverty Are No Longer Just A Missions Project But Become Genuine Friends And Family With Whom We Laugh, Cry, Dream And Struggle.

We Give People Fish. We Teach Them To Fish. We Tear Down The Walls That Have Been Built Up Around The Fish Pond. And We Figure Out Who Polluted It.