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SNAP to it Food Stamp Challenge–Day Nine
‘Just Living’ Blog
It’s day nine and our blogger has more questions than answers about hunger and how we address the needs of our sisters and brothers. The issue is a tangled web of increasing complexity.
SNAP to it Food Stamp Challenge–Day Eight
‘Just Living’ Blog
On day eight of the SNAP to it Food Stamp Challenge our blogger offers a brief history of food stamps in the USA along with links to more detailed information.
SNAP to it Food Stamp Challenge–Day Five
‘Just Living’ Blog
Our blogger just finished day five of the SNAP to it June Food Stamp Challenge and offers some tips for reducing food waste and musings on fried chicken from scratch.
SNAP to it Food Stamp Challenge–Day Four
‘Just Living’ Blog
Today is day four of the challenge, and our blogger reports from the road about the pleasures of food, hospitality, and family gatherings.
SNAP to it Food Stamp Challenge–Day One
‘Just Living Blog’
It’s day one of the SNAP to it Food Stamp Challenge, and our SOLI blogger Sharron is ready! Why don’t you join her for the journey?
SNAP to It: The June Food Stamp Challenge
‘Just Living’ Blog
Do you relish a challenge? Do you consider poverty an issue of justice? If so, consider joining Sharron and others around the country for the June Food Stamp Challenge. Just how low can you go with your food budget?
What to do with more time than money? Cultivate Relationships
‘Just Living’ Blog
Like gardens, relationships bloom when well-tended. When you have the gift of more time than money, be sure you put that time to good use cultivating valued relationships with family, friends, and community.
What to do with more time than money? Take Stock!
Think about it: retail operations take inventory on a regular basis, businesses undergo financial audits each year, and employers conduct performance reviews of those in their employ. It makes sense that we as individuals should engage in a period of discernment or “taking stock†of our lives.
What to do with More Time than Money — Rest
In the last entry I talked about the gift of having more time than money and the countercultural reality of this state of being, at least for the Baby Boomer generation. Many of us were indoctrinated with a mindset that our worth is somehow tied up the size of our paycheck, the title we hold, […]
Make Mine Plain, Please
LECTIONARY REFLECTION – April 25
Oh my! How we long for everything in life to be made plain to us. Not very many people I know actually enjoy living in the tension of ambiguity and the unknown or unseen. Most folks prefer a world of clear blacks and whites to mottled grays and muddy waters. Unfortunately, we often like our theology like that, too