In Need of a Little Perspective
I am grumpy. I am hungry, tired and have no head space to think about what to write in a blog of all things. I worked all day, went running this evening, and all of the fruit in the kitchen...
Root causes of hunger: neither you nor I, but us
A couple of weeks back I posed a question that had been raised by one of our hunger leaders on our social network site, The Table (love the new spring background, by the way!). The gist of the question is...
What are we fighting? Post 5.
This is the fifth post in a series considering the root causes of hunger. The Millennium Development Goals serve as a helpful framework. Millennium Development Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases Are you familiar with guinea worm disease?...
Movement Food!
As I was thinking of what to blog about this week the idea that came to mind was exercise. The problem was, although an avid exerciser myself (though I have no illusions of being any sort of expert in the...
National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS
This week is the National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS. According to the Web site, The National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS is the coming together of all people of faith to unite with purpose,...
The Way Not Taken
“Cuba did not go the way of possessions,” says the Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer in the lovely movie, “The Buena Vista Social Club.” Last month I experienced the possession-less path on a visit to the Lutheran Church in Cuba. I’m...
Gut Reaction
What does one billion mean to you? It’s that next level, the powerful tier above a million that gets our attention. On the heels of the Academy Awards, the movie “Avatar” has made more than 2.5 billion dollars worldwide—and it’s...
Toilet Paper Tubes
They are cardboard, small and round. We all have them, often in multiple rooms of our home, and all too often…they stack up in our garbage bins. What are they? Toilet paper tubes! As silly as it may seem my...
My social media networks are raising questions. You have any answers?
Engaging in social media can be dangerous. Between my Twitter account (you can follow me and my friends @hungerbites), our social networking site (join us on The Table), and various blogs, I find myself conflicted… perhaps a friend from the...
What are we fighting? Post 4.
This is the fourth post in a series considering the root causes of hunger. The Millennium Development Goals serve as a helpful framework. Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5: Reduce Child Mortality; Improve Maternal Health Hunger, maternal health, and child...