David, Moses, Saul Of Tarsus, These Were

We Don't Actually Have Rich And Poor Together Instead We Have A Family. What Does It Mean? If You Have Resources, You Hold Them With Open Hands. The Mark Of The Early Church Was That They Began Sharing And It Said There Were No Needy Persons Among Them. They Ended Poverty As They Created This New Loving Community.

The Work Of Community, Love, Reconciliation, Restoration Is The Work We Cannot Leave Up To Politicians. This Is The Work We Are All Called To Do.

When We Put Too Much Hope In A Candidate Or A Party We Set Ourselves Up For Disappointment. When I See A Poster With [barak] Obama's Image With The Word "hope" Under It, Something In Me Cringes - Our Hope Is Built On Nothing Less Than Jesus' Blood And Righteousness, The Old Hymn Goes, All Other Ground Is Sinking Sand.

[jesus] Said That They Will Know We Are Christians - Not By Our Bumper Stickers And T-shirts - But By Our Love.

There Is Extreme Poverty In Appalachia, Where I Was, And Increasingly Poverty Is Not Just An Urban Thing.