{"id":2347,"date":"2011-09-20T11:29:37","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T16:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2011-09-20T11:29:37","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T16:29:37","slug":"at-long-last-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/at-long-last-2\/","title":{"rendered":"At long last&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been quite the eventful summer! \u00a0A PhD in May (I&#8217;m that much smarter now, which means you should be even more skeptical of my claims), a move in June, a baby in July (yes, the two are related, and welcome Dylan James), and a serious influx of new staff in August. \u00a0Time now to get back in the blogging saddle (thanks to Karen Ward, Jessica Nipp, and the other World Hunger staff who kept this afloat in my absence!). \u00a0 Since this is my first post in a while, I think I will make a quick return to my comfort zone&#8211;the Bible and theology. \u00a0For future posts, I would love to hear from you what topics you would like me to explore. \u00a0Leave comments or drop me an email and I will offer my best thinking in my weekly post.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday&#8217;s text (<a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=183535848\">Matthew 20:1-16<\/a>) offered a serious challenge to\u00a0our sense of fairness (curiously, the junior member of the pastoral staff had to preach in my church&#8230;). \u00a0In this parable, Jesus describes how those who worked all day were paid the same wage as those who only worked for an hour. \u00a0We have all heard the well-worn (and often enough baseless) justifications for apathy towards poverty\u2014people are hungry or poor because they are lazy, don\u2019t manage money well, or somehow deficient.\u00a0 Their hunger and poverty is their fault.\u00a0 Aside from the fact that claims such as these are woefully imprecise, this parable invites us to rethink notions of justice.\u00a0 God gives freely to all, as God wishes.\u00a0 Might the people of God have the same call when it comes to hunger?\u00a0 Even if the above-mentioned biases prove true, are we still called to share?\u00a0 Does this parable speak somehow to the widespread poverty and hunger we face in our day? \u00a0Let me know what you think!<\/p>\n<p>David Creech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been quite the eventful summer! 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