tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post408514108242083035..comments2024-03-24T19:55:32.537-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: Charity is Not EnoughLKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-65738578249082718382014-06-14T09:13:15.047-05:002014-06-14T09:13:15.047-05:00Our Government who art in Washington, politics be ...Our Government who art in Washington, politics be they game...<br /><br />There was a time when the anabaptists avoided politics.<br /><br />I still believe in charity and the Church. Although it has been pretty well neutered in the West.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-78870874376752291712014-06-10T16:56:55.189-05:002014-06-10T16:56:55.189-05:00I like Camara's quote! Whether we talk about e...I like Camara's quote! Whether we talk about ethanol in gasoline, a woman's right to reproductive self-determination, the dangers of over-fishing our oceans, income inequality, or the effects of global warming on food supply, the issues that swirl around hunger can get very controversial very fast!<br />Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-70420928642358514442014-06-10T13:43:20.276-05:002014-06-10T13:43:20.276-05:00Thank you for a very deep, provocative post! I...Thank you for a very deep, provocative post! I've been aware of Bread For the World since the late 90's and it does tremendous work. It is well-pointed out that the solution to ending world hunger is at the source of "What is causing the problem of hunger?!? That points right back to -- mankind/politics.Dakotahgeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506395047843691017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-83855579944187511872014-06-10T11:22:36.115-05:002014-06-10T11:22:36.115-05:00Local Thinking Friend David Nelson shares these co...Local Thinking Friend David Nelson shares these comments:<br /><br /><br />"Thanks for your reflections. <br /><br />"'Charity is not enough' also appears to be a theme in the Anabaptist movement. It is important to feed the hungry and cloth the naked. It is even more imperative that we challenge social and political systems that appear to be thriving by oppressing those who are already hungry and naked."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-57322512304562989252014-06-10T10:30:47.529-05:002014-06-10T10:30:47.529-05:00Thinking Friend (and son-in-law) Rob Daoust sent t...Thinking Friend (and son-in-law) Rob Daoust sent the following comments:<br /><br />"I do occasionally think about the catastrophe of hunger when I am listening to the news on the radio. In the back of my mind I know that there are large regions of our planet where people are dying every day from starvation. <br /><br />"I think to myself, when I hear the headlines about shootings, political conundrums, jobless rates, sports statistics and so on; why am I not also hearing about the millions of people dying everyday because there isn't enough food? <br /><br />"With the world population at 7 billion, it seems as though it would be quite newsworthy that 842 million people in the world do not have enough to eat and that every 10 seconds, a child dies from not having enough to eat. Those statistics seem to be alarming enough to be newsworthy. <br /><br />"I dare not ask WHY one of every eight people on our earth do not have enough to eat. It is bad enough being a socialist Canadian, I wouldn't want to be a communist!"LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-79950206522129670552014-06-10T07:04:08.596-05:002014-06-10T07:04:08.596-05:00Doyle Sager is pastor of the First Baptist Church ...Doyle Sager is pastor of the First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Mo. Yesterday on Facebook he posted a picture of him with Art Simon. This morning I sent him a link to the blog article, and this is the response I received from him a few minutes ago:<br /><br />"Leroy, I tried twice to post a comment on your blog but it wouldn't let me so I'll say it here [on Facebook].<br /><br />"Your blog is on point. As one who is here in DC for my first annual gathering and today's lobby work on behalf of the hungry, I can say I've rarely seen an organization with such a laser focus and with such a great balance between Gospel-spirituality and practical action."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.com