Many people are surprised to find that when they set out to make a difference in things around them, they also end up being changed in ways they did not expect.
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Addressing Poverty of Community
Poverty of community affects all of us. Salt & Light in Urbana and Champaign, IL addresses this broken relationship through opportunities that build collaborative connections with community members and participants.
Addressing Spiritual Poverty
When we hear the word “poverty”, the majority of us think of individuals who are facing severe economic struggles. This could be accompanied by preconceived notions of what they look or smell like - their background, ethnicity, or how they…
Faithfully Standing in Prayer for Our Community
Violent crime is nothing new to our twin cities, here in central Illinois, especially the last 5 years. While we may grow calloused to being bombarded constantly with news reports of tragedy, it hits a nerve when a child or…
Two Reasons to Volunteer as a Group at Salt & Light
At the beginning of Salt & Light’s existence as an organization, we were a typical food pantry and clothing closet. This type of operation functions as a large, assembly line style business, and so for the first ten years of…
Volunteer Spotlight – Chris Harrison
Chris has been volunteering at Salt & Light for about 2 years. He performs multiple tasks including working in the admin office, handing out locks and vests, makes copies and keeping the copier filled, restocking the restrooms, cleaning and organizing…
The Real Question of Poverty
Lately, I've been doing a lot of thinking about poverty. It seems like there is ongoing controversy about what can be done to help those in poverty. Although lots of people from all kinds of different philosophical and religious…
What Really Matters?
In Matthew 22, we find this interaction between Jesus and the Pharisees: 34But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36“Teacher, which is…
Hunger isn’t What You’ve Been Told it is Part 2
hungry adjective / hun·gry / ˈhəŋ-grē a: feeling an uneasy or painful sensation from lack of food: feeling hunger (merriam-webster.com) In Part 1 I revealed the misleading marketing used by those benefiting from the hunger mythology, and how that marketing has influenced…
Hunger isn’t What You’ve Been Told it is: Part 1
hungry adjective / hun·gry / ˈhəŋ-grē a: feeling an uneasy or painful sensation from lack of food: feeling hunger (merriam-webster.com) You have probably seen countless commercials, billboards, and advertisements lamenting the number of people suffering from hunger in the U.S., and if…