‘Such as these’ 8 – Ngwela Paul Msiza
When Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa in 1994, one of the first things he did was a feeding program for school children. Many opposed because of financial strains, but Mandela pushed it...
View ArticleToo much hunger
(Originally posted on Facebook.) The USDA report reveals that almost one in five Texas households (18.8 percent, or 1.7 million households) were food insecure between 2008 and 2010, compared to 14.6...
View ArticlePray for relief team in Ethiopia
(Originally posted on Facebook.) Please pray for a famine relief team we have in Ethiopia. A video camera has been confiscated and officials are jittery after a BBC report from the refugee camps. Pray...
View ArticleTexas improves on childhood hunger
Take a bow, Texas. You deserve applause on the issue of childhood hunger. Three years ago, Texas ranked second worst in the nation on this critical issue. Today, we’ve climbed to 11th. We still have...
View ArticleA place for the distressed, those in debt, the discontented
David has been one of my heroes for as long as I remember — little guy slays big Goliath. That’s what got my attention as a kid. Later, the “man after God’s own heart” description of David captured my...
View ArticleWrite your senator and representative
Bread for the World has announced its 2014 Offering of Letters to United States senators and representatives. Bread does not send these letters; Bread encourages and empowers individual Christians to...
View ArticleHunger Offering needs are still great
Hungry people in Texas and around the world need your help. Giving through the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering has dropped greatly this year, but the need has not. People in poverty need your support...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Texas to Europe
Serbian Baptists have risen up to meet the vast needs of Middle East refugees arriving in their country. Now, a Texas Baptist family is sending $15,000 to help meet the need. The ongoing work and the...
View ArticleBono rocked the world 10 years ago with words about poverty, justice
Ten years ago today, rock star Bono delivered an amazing address at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, with President George W. Bush sitting nearby. Bono speaks at the National Prayer...
View ArticleProtected: In praise of abundance & generosity
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