If, as many claim, America is a Christian nation, a non-Christian might legitimately ask why anyone in America goes hungry. After all, Christians have as the teacher of this harsh parable one who has indeed risen from the dead. Alas, Jesus knows the answer all too well. The law, the prophets and even Jesus, raised from the dead, are apparently all insufficient motivators when it comes to our treatment of the poor. In addition, the persistent twin beliefs in American culture that the poor deserve their lot and that wealth is a sign of God’s favor have meant that the wealthiest country in the history of the world still has pockets of deep poverty and that millions of Americans go to bed hungry each night. An all of this is to say nothing of the world’s poor and hungry.
What’s to be done? On the level of individual praxis, it is really very simple. Give! That simple answer is actually true on the national and international levels as well. There is enough food to go around. It is simply a matter of will. While it is relatively easy to change individual behavior, changing the structure of the thrones, powers and dominions that refuse to will the feeding of the hungry is a much harder change to make.
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