Comments on: World Hunger and Sustainable Eating

By: gathering in light - Blog Archive » I Think I Did A Mean Thing to Your Hummer

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:29:09 +0000

[...] Okay so there isn’t much of a secret about how I feel about environmental issues, I think especially Christians should be concerned with how we care for creation. We have a responsibility to take care of what God left in our stewardship, this is why Emily and I do some of the things we do like eat local organic food when possible, buy fair trade clothes and coffee, try to conserve on water, recycle our trash and ride bikes a lot. [...]

By: gathering in light - Blog Archive » Matthew 6:10-11 The Kingdom of God and Prayer for Bread

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:19:21 +0000

[...] And Hauerwas adds that a better translation of “daily�? bread would be closer to “sufficient�? or “enough.�? He says, “to pray for more would tempt us to try to live as if we were other than those who live only by the will and working of a gracious God.�? This part of the prayer urges us to live simply, within our means for the sake of others. [...]

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:06:08 +0000

Wess,

thank you for this post.

I few random and various points:

I’m a vegetarian, but I still eat packaged food, dairy, a lot – there are various ways I worry about “not doing my part”

I also wonder about all the various issues. I don’t know if it’s that we dont’ have enough food NOW, but that we don’t have distribution, and certainly that many poor people around the world are growing sugar, tea, coffee and chocolate (sometimes in slave conditions) for export rather than food that they can eat themselves. But this seems at least partially an econmic and political issue that won’t be resolved even if everyone in the US went vegan (and stopped doing sugar, coffee and chocolate, can you imagine?)

I guess my question is, vegetarianism is great, and probably necessarily for justice and sustainability (or something much closer to vegetarianism anyway) but it doesn’t feel, as one who is practicing it, like DOING anything, really. What can we DO???

Thanks for the clear description of your position on abortion. I think it’s right-on, as it’s pretty much the same as mine. abortion horrifies me, as does restricting someone’s rights in such an incredibly difficult and personal decision. There are so many abortions happening (TODAY!) that could be prevented by decent birth control, decent social programs, decent education, etc. I would love to see a really powerful religious movement to address those but I never have, which leads me to suspect the motives of those who are supposedly concerned about the defenseless…..

It is clearly not a reasonable method for controlling population. But population is a huge concern, and I fear a looming crisis. However, most people, given adequate resources and cause for hope, will regulate their own fertility (most bluntly, if your kids are highly likely to live to adulthood, you only need to have 2 to have 2 to take care of you in your old age, if not, you may need to have 7 or 10.

phew! So much to think about!

Pam

By: Irk

Irk — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:28:57 +0000

In poor countries like India, Indonesia, China (other parts of Asia) and whole Africa you have so many sick people and people dying very young. They cannot afford medecine, varied food (drought). This is going on so long …

It’s a mess: economically, socially

You should go over there and see for yourselves.

By: Aj Schwanz » So What You’re Saying Is . . . ?

Aj Schwanz » So What You’re Saying Is . . . ? — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:44:57 +0000

[...] I read a blog entry pointing to a post that haunted me and then received a comment from the post’s author the next day: “Hungry for a Better World (or Starving for Sustenance)“. [...]