"They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was the very thing I was eager to do." - Galatians 2:10

In God's Politics, Jim Wallis wrote:

"We need solutions. And we need them to go beyond the polarized ideological agendas of partisan politics. The conservatives are right when they say that cultural and moral issues of family breakdown, personal responsibility, sexual promiscuity, and substance abuse are prime reasons for entrenched domestic poverty. The liberals are right when they point to the critical need for adequate nutrition, health care, education, housing, and good-paying jobs as keys to overcoming endemic poverty. So why do we continue to make false choices?"

I know that solutions aren't everything. I know that sometimes there aren't solutions to be found, and sometimes you just have to press ahead in the manner God asks of you, trusting in Him and not giving up even when you can't tell whether you're making a difference. I know that God's plan for me in loving His people in this world includes a lot of just being with them and learning from them and plenty of things that won't be "solutions" to their physical needs. But I also know that God does want us to work hard to find solutions to this world's problems in every way we can. So I want to use this blog to explore what we can do as individuals to serve those who need help the most. I don't really think that I'm going to "change the wind" like the bold proclamation on the top of my blog. I pray that the wind is already starting to move in the right direction. But I do hope that this endeavor can help a few of us in our individual efforts to hear God's response to the cry of the poor and move along with Him.

"You change a society by changing the wind." - Wallis

"Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause of the poor and needy."
- Proverbs 31:9