Doing is Believing
Yesterday during our time of teaching at Denver Community Church we explored the idea that what we do reflects our most deeply held beliefs. We may be those who like to speak about alleviating and eradicating poverty, but if do not serve the poor the reality is we don't believe in helping the poor at all.
Peter Rollins, in his book Insurrection speaks to this very thing. He writes, "… our practices do not fall short of our beliefs, but are the concrete material expression of them. In other words, our outer world is not something that needs to be brought into line with our inner world but is an expression of it."
Many commented that they don't want to talk anymore, but they desire to do something - anything. What they were expressing was they want to live their way into a new way of thinking.
With this in mind, I came across an article at Relevant by Lorie Newman. In it, she gave practical ideas for things anyone can do to serve others. These ideas are just the beginning. What are things that you can do, or have done, to care for those in our world? Here are some of her ideas from her article, "7 Simple Ways to Meet Big Needs."
We live in a world with overwhelming humanitarian needs: 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 per day, 1.1 billion people lack access to potable water, 19 million people in America are considered “working poor” and a child dies of hunger every 5 seconds.
With so many needs, where do we even begin? Does helping just one person really matter?