this might be the place
so we visited. and...
well,
its closer to what we're thinking than hopkins park.
more people.
closer together.
closer to home.
that's good.
its near some farms.
also good.
its just so weird that its a suburb. it actually is a suburb.
imagine any suburban neighborhood you know with its cul-de-sacs
and avenues and front lawns and then imagine everyone abandoned
the place for 20 years and then came back to live in it.
that's what it feels like. very strange.
some houses are burnt to the ground.
others are boarded up.
others look like they should be boarded up.
others look fine.
weeds.
trash.
fields.
a block party.
couple churches.
a gas station.
no grocery store.
so maybe thats why we'll end up going.
jesus says that we'll be judged by how we treat the poor.
in matthew 25, he says feed the hungry.
well, how are you supposed to do that in a country where
we have an overabundance of food? hunger is not a problem
in the united states. homeless people dine. believe me.
ive gotten to know some.
the world is a very different place now than it was then.
"feed the hungry" in america might need to be tweaked.
"feed the hungry non-processed, fresh, nutritious food"
might be more like it.
in a world were corporations are beginning to run the global
food supply, perhaps the most compassionate and important
and christian thing we can do is a grow a garden and share
the produce with neighbors who live on kraft and cheetos.
its an odd place.
but one of the poorest in all the united states.
and close to home.
so this might be the place.
who knows.
paz.
well,
its closer to what we're thinking than hopkins park.
more people.
closer together.
closer to home.
that's good.
its near some farms.
also good.
its just so weird that its a suburb. it actually is a suburb.
imagine any suburban neighborhood you know with its cul-de-sacs
and avenues and front lawns and then imagine everyone abandoned
the place for 20 years and then came back to live in it.
that's what it feels like. very strange.
some houses are burnt to the ground.
others are boarded up.
others look like they should be boarded up.
others look fine.
weeds.
trash.
fields.
a block party.
couple churches.
a gas station.
no grocery store.
so maybe thats why we'll end up going.
jesus says that we'll be judged by how we treat the poor.
in matthew 25, he says feed the hungry.
well, how are you supposed to do that in a country where
we have an overabundance of food? hunger is not a problem
in the united states. homeless people dine. believe me.
ive gotten to know some.
the world is a very different place now than it was then.
"feed the hungry" in america might need to be tweaked.
"feed the hungry non-processed, fresh, nutritious food"
might be more like it.
in a world were corporations are beginning to run the global
food supply, perhaps the most compassionate and important
and christian thing we can do is a grow a garden and share
the produce with neighbors who live on kraft and cheetos.
its an odd place.
but one of the poorest in all the united states.
and close to home.
so this might be the place.
who knows.
paz.