Encouraging

As I have been reading and praying in the last month or so I can not seem to shake my calling as a Christian to care for the poor and the hungry. Normally I can be challenged by it, and then simply move on a couple of days later. It seems however that the Revised Common Lectionary is conspiring against as it continually places Jesus' most difficult (for me anyway) teachings on poverty as the gospel lessons for Sundays. On top of this, yesterday was World Hunger Sunday and I was again challenged by food habits and choices. The problem for me is not apathy, but rather inaction. Last night as a youth group we re-read the gospel lessons from the last month and I asked the kids to draw som insights and themes. Much to my surprise they were incredibly perceptive and challenging. One of the clear observations from a sixth grader was, "Following Jesus means following him with your whole life." May it be so.