If any man is hungry, this is both a religious and a political concern, and out of a religious concern for one created in God’s image, political means must be divised for ensuring that everyone gets enough bread—which is a suitable enough definition of the act of politics.

                                                            Robert McAfee Brown
                                                The Spirit of Protestanism, 1961

If a man is hungry it is a spiritual issue. It is an ethical issue, a moral issue, and yes, most definitely a political issue.

We who are not hungry must never forget that for those whos stomachs are never full, hunger is all encompassing. Every aspect of their lives are framed with the constant companion of that painful emptiness. Hunger colors their every decision.

We who are not hungry and have the gifts of freedom and citizenship need to be aware of how powerful those gifts truly are on behalf of the hungry. We need to seek every opportunity to exercise our citizenship for the good of those most in need.

Bread for the World is the most useful organization I know for helping us use our citizenship for helping the hungry. I have been a member of Bread and have worked with them for over thirty years and  I encourage anyone  concerned with hunger to learn more about them.