Are we really interested in teaching the needy how to fish?
“Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you’ve fed him for a lifetime.”
The proverb is no magic wand, of course.
“Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you’ve fed him for a lifetime.”
The proverb is no magic wand, of course.
Thanksgiving is a season of irony this year. Even as stores have been selling all the foodstuffs we consider "necessary" for the holiday, Congress has approved cutbacks in food assistance programs and is considering others. Call senators and representatives to urge them to make compassionate
My pastor tells me that, with the downturn in the economy, more people are requesting assistance from our church. We have limited funds. What can we do?
Students from the Baptist Student Ministries at Texas Woman’s University spent their recent spring break serving a church in Brooklyn, N.Y., participating in ministries ranging from organizing a clothing closet to feeding the homeless to ministering at a women’s shelter.