Unfortunately, after an early November 2025 court battle based on lawsuits from numerous blue states, the Supreme Court allowed the administration to freeze all SNAP food stamp payments to the states again.
This post on Threads makes an excellent point. For decades, politically-conservative Christians have been arguing that the church and not the government should be taking care of the poor. To that I say, yes – the Church needs to step up. So far, it has been ineffective, and as a result the government had to step in. And that government assistance has been absolutely critical for many families.
But consider this counterpoint: half a million US churches is 230 million CHRISTIANS, roughly 60 million families. About half of those are middle-class. If each of those middle-class Christian households personally and generously fed just TWO people, there would be no hunger. None.
When will our use of PERSONAL finances finally reflect Jesus’ teachings?
Consider that this kind of personal approach to helping the poor depends on something critical: relationship. If you isolate yourself from people of lower social standing, it’s easy to ignore the need; you never see it. But if you live and eat with them, it’s impossible to miss. That’s why Paul so sharply criticized the early church for unholy communion meals, where the rich separated themselves from the poor. When we sit down at table together – at real meals – it’s impossible to miss the need, and to feel compassion, and for the Holy Spirit to nudge us to make a difference in their lives.
Just a short thought for the day.
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