Abu Sulayman al-Darani used to say; “If I owned the whole world to put into the mouth of a brother of mine, I would still deem it too little for him.”
He also said, “I feed a morsel to a brother of mine and find the taste of it in my own throat.”

                                                          al-Ghazzali
In Sufi literature, […]

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has now joined the growing number of world leaders in warning of the immediate need of addressing the escalating global food prices. On Sunday, the UN top official stated that food production must be increased to help ease the skyrocketing prices.
The Secretary-General also pledged to establish a task force to deal […]

“My children, whenever you give sustenance to the poor, I impute it to you as though you gave sustenance to me.” Does God eat and drink? “No, but whenever you give food to the poor, God accounts it to you as if you gave food to Him”

                                                                         Midrash Tannaim
 
Jewish theology, like both Christian and […]

Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank stated  a week ago that global food prices have risen 80% in the past three years. He then warned that at least 33 countries face serious social unrest  as a direct result of these rising food prices.
As I discussed briefly in yesterday’s post, skyrocketing food prices have already […]

This morning I talked with a colleague in Sierra Leone. Francis Webber is the Director of the Sierra Leone Alliance Against Hunger. I want to share his comments.

Life is becoming very hard for the average Sierra Leonean as the price of food commodities are on the rise. Sierra Leone poverty is wide spread over 70% […]

“When people were hungry, Jesus didn’t say, “Now is that political, or social?” He said, “I feed you.” Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.”

                                                                  Desmond Tutu
There can only be one Christian response to hunger. If we who claim to be disciples of the Christ allow ourselves to be sidetracked by any […]

“For now I ask no more
Than the justice of eating.”
                  Pablo Neruda,
                  Chilean Poet & Noble Prize Winner

Neruda’s one sentence sermon peels away all the superficial verbage to expose the true core of hunger. Where there is hunger there is injustice. And everyone of us who enjoy full plates at every meal are participants in that injustice.
We […]

It is better for people to spend more on gifts for poor people for PurimThan to spend on their own Purim mealOr for sending packets of goodies (Mishloach Manot),For there is no greater or more glorious joyThan to bring happinessTo the hearts of poor people, orphans, widows, and strangers.One who brings joy to the hearts […]

There is enough for everybody’s need, but not for everybody’s greed
                                                                                              Gandhi

The world has enough food to feed everyone. The problem is that it is not distributed equitably. Some of us have far too much, while the majority of our family has far too little.
 
United Nations estimates that the cost to completely end world […]

All of humanity must think of the parable of the rich man and the beggar. Humanity must translate it into contemporary terms, in terms of economy and politics, in terms of human rights, in terms of relations between the “first,” “second,” and “third world.” We cannot stand idly by when thousands of human beings are […]