{"id":5640,"date":"2023-03-20T07:03:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/?p=5640"},"modified":"2023-03-20T07:03:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:03:53","slug":"40days2023-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/40days2023-four\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Days of Giving 2023: Week Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5594\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/ELCA-23004-40Days-emailheader-P2C-0104-1024x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/ELCA-23004-40Days-emailheader-P2C-0104-1024x273.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/ELCA-23004-40Days-emailheader-P2C-0104-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/ELCA-23004-40Days-emailheader-P2C-0104-768x205.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/ELCA-23004-40Days-emailheader-P2C-0104-1536x410.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/ELCA-23004-40Days-emailheader-P2C-0104-2048x546.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/ELCA-23004-40Days-emailheader-P2C-0104-250x67.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/ELCA-23004-40Days-emailheader-P2C-0104-700x187.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Session 4 \u2014 Psalm 23 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h5>\u2018\u201cYou prepare a table before me.\u201d \u2014Psalm 23:5<\/h5>\n<p>The community of Cata\u00f1o, Puerto Rico, is vibrant, with residents talented in music, art and sports, yet it also faces a number of challenges. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income is about $18,600, nearly 12% lower than the average in Puerto Rico. Forty-six percent of people in Cata\u00f1o live in poverty. So when Hurricane Maria passed through, the devastation compounded ongoing challenges and added new ones. Leaders of Tu Puedes, a project based at Iglesia Evang\u00e9lica Luterana del Divino Salvador, recognized the increased need and responded by providing both community support for sustainable livelihoods and counseling for mental and emotional wellness. This support was crucial after the hurricane because many residents of Cata\u00f1o faced the frustration and grief of life after a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>To aid the community, Tu Puedes organized a support group for people who serve as caregivers to family members with Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Providing care for a loved one is taxing work \u2014 physically, financially, mentally and emotionally. In the support group, caregivers found a safe, supportive place to voice their emotions and share experiences with others who understand what they are going through. The support group helped to create a community where the caregivers could learn from each other, be present with one another and be heard. Tu Puedes also offered relaxation workshops for caregivers and their loved ones and financial support following Hurricane Maria.<\/p>\n<p>By working with community members, Tu Puedes is helping to create tables \u2014 safe spaces of welcome and support \u2014 for neighbors. These tables are central to the work of ELCA World Hunger because hunger is about not only the food we eat but also the tables at which we are welcome. The psalm for this week in Lent, Psalm 23, is one of the most familiar passages in the Bible. Its rich language offers a variety of metaphors for understanding God. Most popular, perhaps, is the first, that of the \u201cshepherd\u201d who provides secure rest in \u201cgreen pastures\u201d (verse 1-2). The most vivid, though, is the image of God as the perfect host, who \u201cprepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies,\u201d with cups overflowing (verse 5). As a gracious host, God even anoints the guest with oil, a symbol of welcome and respect at ancient banquets. Even when surrounded by enemies, the psalmist experiences the abundant welcome of God, the perfect host, to a banquet table where the psalmist will be treated as an honored guest.<\/p>\n<p>Being invited to the table symbolizes more than just being fed. In both Old Testament and New Testament times, to have a place at the table was to be welcomed, to be treated with respect. At banquets, specific rules governed who was invited to recline by the table and join in the meal with the host. We see this over and over again in the gospels, especially in parables that involve banquets. We also see the rigidity of these rules in the accusations leveled against Jesus for dining with people who would otherwise have been deemed unclean or unwelcome.<\/p>\n<p>For the ancients as, indeed, for us, to be fed is one thing but to be welcome at the table is another.<\/p>\n<p>How often in our communities do we find tables that are more exclusive than inclusive, more threatening than welcoming? Perhaps these are not dining tables but other gathering places that reflect society\u2019s perspective on who is truly welcome and who is not. We can easily find roundtables filled with experts who talk about communities but rarely with them. Or we might find tables where the wealthy and powerful network with political decision-makers as few of us will ever be able to do. Tables are places at which relationships are built and decisions are made. When inclusive, they can be safe spaces for communities to come together. When exclusive, they can reinforce the discriminatory and stigmatizing practices that keep us apart.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, at the very heart of who we are as church stands a table: the table of Holy Communion. Martin Luther referred to Holy Communion as a \u201csacrament of love.\u201d In dining at this table, he wrote, we remember our neediness before God, recall those not present at the table and commit ourselves to \u201ctak[ing] to heart the infirmities and needs of others, as if they were [our] own.\u201d To be at this table is to be formed by the sacrament of Holy Communion. To be the people of God is to be formed by a table where all are welcome and all are fed.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, our calling goes beyond this. Worship and the sacraments take their most authentic form when they carry us back into the world, prepared not just to dine at the table but to be that table \u2014 that community of welcome, of hospitality, of safety and grace with and for our neighbors. This is a lofty goal that we aim for as church together. Ending hunger will take more than calories, water wells or sustainable jobs. It will take tables \u2014 inclusive spaces that bear witness to a new kind of community, where new relationships are formed, where each guest is welcomed and valued, and where every cup overflows with all that is made possible when God draws us together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>REFLECTION QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think of a time when you were welcomed to a table \u2014 perhaps to dine, to communicate or to share your ideas. What did the experience feel like?<\/p>\n<p>How does your congregation invite and create a hospitable place for new people at \u201cthe table\u201d when decisions are made and visions for the future are shared?<\/p>\n<p>How can creating safe spaces, such as the Tu Puedes support groups, contribute to ending hunger?<\/p>\n<p>What other metaphors for God can be found in Psalm 23? How might these metaphors shape new ways of understanding the work of the church?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5605 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/Spanish-Lent-Banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/Spanish-Lent-Banner.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/Spanish-Lent-Banner-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/Spanish-Lent-Banner-250x83.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sesi\u00f3n 4 \u2014 Salmo 23 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h5>\u201cDispones ante m\u00ed un banquete\u201d \u2014 Salmo 23:5<\/h5>\n<p>La comunidad de Cata\u00f1o, Puerto Rico, es vibrante, con residentes talentosos en m\u00fasica, arte y deportes, pero tambi\u00e9n enfrenta una serie de retos. Seg\u00fan la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el ingreso familiar promedio es de aproximadamente $ 18,600, casi un 12% m\u00e1s bajo que el promedio de Puerto Rico. El cuarenta y seis por ciento de los habitantes de Cata\u00f1o vive en la pobreza. Entonces, cuando el hurac\u00e1n Mar\u00eda pas\u00f3 por ah\u00ed, la devastaci\u00f3n agrav\u00f3 los retos que ya hab\u00eda y agreg\u00f3 unos nuevos. Los l\u00edderes de T\u00fa Puedes, un proyecto con sede en la Iglesia Evang\u00e9lica Luterana del Divino Salvador, reconocieron que las necesidades aumentaron, y respondieron a estas brindando apoyo comunitario para medios de vida sostenibles y consejer\u00eda para el bienestar mental y emocional. Este apoyo fue crucial despu\u00e9s del hurac\u00e1n porque muchos residentes de Cata\u00f1o enfrentaban la frustraci\u00f3n y el dolor de la vida despu\u00e9s de un desastre.<\/p>\n<p>Para ayudar a la comunidad, T\u00fa Puedes organiz\u00f3 un grupo de apoyo para personas que sirven como cuidadores de familiares que padecen de la enfermedad de Alzheimer. El cuidado de un ser querido es un trabajo agotador \u2014f\u00edsica, financiera, mental y emocionalmente. En el grupo de apoyo, los cuidadores encontraron un lugar seguro y solidario en el cual expresar sus emociones y compartir experiencias con otras personas que entienden lo que ellos est\u00e1n atravesando. El grupo de apoyo ayud\u00f3 a crear una comunidad en la cual los cuidadores pod\u00edan aprender unos de otros, estar presentes unos con otros y ser escuchados. T\u00fa Puedes tambi\u00e9n ofreci\u00f3 talleres de relajaci\u00f3n para cuidadores y sus seres queridos, y apoyo financiero despu\u00e9s del hurac\u00e1n Mar\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>Al trabajar con miembros de la comunidad, T\u00fa Puedes est\u00e1 ayudando a crear mesas \u2014espacios seguros de acogida y apoyo\u2014 para los vecinos. Estas mesas son fundamentales para el trabajo de ELCA World Hunger, porque el hambre no solo se trata de los alimentos que comemos, sino tambi\u00e9n de las mesas en las que somos bienvenidos. El salmo de esta semana de Cuaresma, el Salmo 23, es uno de los pasajes m\u00e1s conocidos de la Biblia. Su rico lenguaje ofrece una variedad de met\u00e1foras que ayudan a entender a Dios. La m\u00e1s popular, quiz\u00e1s, es la primera, la del \u201cpastor\u201d que da un descanso seguro en \u201cverdes pastos\u201d (vers\u00edculos 1-2). La m\u00e1s v\u00edvida, sin embargo, es la imagen de Dios como el anfitri\u00f3n perfecto, que \u201cdispone ante m\u00ed un banquete en presencia de mis enemigos\u201d, con copas rebosantes (vers\u00edculo 5). Como amable anfitri\u00f3n, Dios incluso unge al invitado con perfume, lo que era un s\u00edmbolo de bienvenida y respeto en los banquetes antiguos. Incluso cuando est\u00e1 rodeado de enemigos, el salmista experimenta la abundante acogida de Dios, el anfitri\u00f3n perfecto, a una mesa de banquete donde el salmista ser\u00e1 tratado como un invitado de honor.<\/p>\n<p>Ser invitado a la mesa simboliza m\u00e1s que simplemente ser alimentado. Tanto en el Antiguo Testamento como en los tiempos del Nuevo Testamento, tener un lugar en la mesa era ser bienvenido, ser tratado con respeto. En los banquetes, reglas espec\u00edficas determinaban qui\u00e9n era invitado a reclinarse junto a la mesa y comer con el anfitri\u00f3n. Vemos esto en los evangelios una y otra vez, especialmente en las par\u00e1bolas que hablan de banquetes. Tambi\u00e9n vemos la rigidez de estas reglas en las acusaciones que se le hicieron a Jes\u00fas por cenar con personas que de otro modo habr\u00edan sido consideradas impuras o no bienvenidas. Tanto para los antiguos como para nosotros, en efecto, ser alimentados es una cosa, pero ser bienvenido en la mesa es otra.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfCon qu\u00e9 frecuencia en nuestras comunidades encontramos mesas que son m\u00e1s exclusivas que inclusivas, m\u00e1s amenazantes que acogedoras? Tal vez estas no son mesas de comedor, sino otros lugares de reuni\u00f3n que reflejan la perspectiva de la sociedad en cuanto a qui\u00e9n es realmente bienvenido y qui\u00e9n no. Podemos encontrar f\u00e1cilmente mesas redondas llenas de expertos que hablan de comunidades, pero rara vez con ellas. O podemos encontrar mesas donde los ricos y poderosos se relacionan con quienes toman decisiones pol\u00edticas como pocos de nosotros podremos alguna vez hacerlo. Las mesas son lugares en los que se construyen relaciones y se toman decisiones. Cuando son inclusivas, pueden ser espacios seguros para que las comunidades se unan. Cuando son excluyentes, pueden reforzar las pr\u00e1cticas discriminatorias y estigmatizantes que nos mantienen separados.<\/p>\n<p>De hecho, en el centro mismo de lo que somos como iglesia se encuentra una mesa: la mesa de la Santa Comuni\u00f3n. Mart\u00edn Lutero se refiri\u00f3 a la Santa Comuni\u00f3n como un \u201csacramento de amor\u201d. Al cenar en esta mesa, escribi\u00f3 \u00e9l, recordamos nuestra necesidad ante Dios, recordamos a los que no est\u00e1n presentes en la mesa y nos comprometemos a \u201ctomar en serio las enfermedades y necesidades de los dem\u00e1s como si fueran las nuestras\u201d. Estar en esta mesa es ser formado por el sacramento de la Santa Comuni\u00f3n. Ser el pueblo de Dios es ser formado por una mesa donde todos son bienvenidos y todos son alimentados.<\/p>\n<p>Por supuesto, nuestro llamado se extiende m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de esto. La adoraci\u00f3n y los sacramentos toman su forma m\u00e1s aut\u00e9ntica cuando nos llevan de vuelta al mundo, preparados no solo para cenar en la mesa, sino para ser esa mesa \u2014esa comunidad de acogida, de hospitalidad, de seguridad y gracia con nuestros vecinos y para ellos. Esta es una meta elevada a la que aspiramos juntos como iglesia. Acabar con el hambre requerir\u00e1 m\u00e1s que calor\u00edas, pozos de agua o empleos sostenibles. Se necesitar\u00e1n mesas \u2014espacios inclusivos que den testimonio de un nuevo tipo de comunidad, donde se formen nuevas relaciones, donde cada invitado sea bienvenido y valorado, y donde cada copa rebose de todo lo que es posible cuando Dios nos une.<\/p>\n<p>PREGUNTAS DE REFLEXI\u00d3N<\/p>\n<p>Piense en un momento en el que le dieron la bienvenida a una mesa \u2014tal vez para cenar, comunicarse o compartir sus ideas. \u00bfC\u00f3mo se sinti\u00f3 la experiencia?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfC\u00f3mo invita su congregaci\u00f3n y crea un lugar hospitalario para nuevas personas en \u201cla mesa\u201d al tomarse decisiones y compartir visiones para el futuro?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfC\u00f3mo puede la creaci\u00f3n de espacios seguros, como los grupos de apoyo T\u00fa Puedes, contribuir a acabar con el hambre?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 otras met\u00e1foras de Dios se pueden encontrar en el Salmo 23? \u00bfC\u00f3mo podr\u00edan estas met\u00e1foras moldear nuevas formas de entender la obra de la iglesia?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elca.org\/40daysdonate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5608 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/GIVE-Button-300x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/GIVE-Button-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/GIVE-Button-250x83.png 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/02\/GIVE-Button.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Session 4 \u2014 Psalm 23 \u2018\u201cYou prepare a table before me.\u201d \u2014Psalm 23:5 The community of Cata\u00f1o, Puerto Rico, is vibrant, with residents talented in music, art and sports, yet it also faces a number of challenges. 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