What is Poverty?

If you lost everything - home, job, funds, auto - how long would it take to find something to eat, somewhere to spend the night in safety, a new job? If you can put a number to that answer, you are not poor. Claudio Oliver says poverty is not a lack of things, it is a lack of friends - those close, reliable relationships you can count on in a crisis!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGSvDvDZnb4
(Thanks to Kyle Smith for the link!)



"No one has been transformed by receiving money alone."
Sounds like the Gospel is the answer to me. Not the Gospel of "teach and dunk", but the Gospel of "Love your neighbor" and the Gospel of "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"! My question, for me and for you, is, "Does my consumption addiction prevent me from being a friend?"
The world is watching!