Biscuits in the 'Hood
Theme of the Week: The Spectator-to-Server Shift
Jody Dean
Monday, February 27, 2006
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Key Bible Verse: Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions (1 John 3:18). Bonus Reading: Deuteronomy 15:7-11
Each year, a few days before the holidays, members of the True Love Missionary Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, spend a Saturday morning gathering food for the needy in the neighborhood. On this side of Dallas, there's a lot of need. There are burglar bars on most of the windows, and the used car lots are surrounded by fences topped with razor wire. Even though the church is far from opulent, it puts aside its own needs to serve others less fortunate.
When I got to the church to produce a special radio documentary for the holiday season, the back door was wide open. No one was around, so I went inside. The only sound came from the kitchen in the family center where you could hear someone preparing breakfast for the volunteers who'd show up later. The smell of scrambled eggs, biscuits, grits, and bacon was incredible. I followed the aroma, carrying my tape recorder and microphone, and met a middle-aged woman with a cast-iron skillet in her hand. She never even looked up to ask who I was or what I wanted. She asked only one question: "Are you hungry?"
When the first thing a person says to you is "are you hungry?" that is a church.
—Jody Dean in Finding God in the Evening News
My Response: What action of mine has modeled Christ's compassion?
Adapted from Finding God in the Evening News (Revell, 2004) by permission.
Copyright © 2006 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine. Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity. 1 of 1
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