Everyone is going to be hurting during this economic slide, including people who think they are on solid footing financially. I’ve been warning of this for years, but I’m a nobody.

You have once again hit square one of the largest problems in the church today. Increasingly I am finding that the sunshine and lollipop crowd is so unwilling to accept what is looming just around the corner, that many of our local pastors are even disappearing from the volunteer lists at the local foodbank. Rather than seek an answer, or be active in their faith, they “hide-out”

Our local Food Bank handles roughly 140 families per month, and with government cuts, and the tightening pocket books, we are witnessing an upswing in need, that is not being met by the churches. In fact, our contribution rate of money and food has fallen off dramatically in relation to the rising cost of fuel and food. We are still being able to feed our folks, because God is providing, however, if we are faced with any type of minor tragedy, our support system of churches will find themselves ill prepared to help.

Had a friend of mine who is also a pastor, comment that he can imagine changing the name of his congregation to the First Church of the Foolish Bridesmaids. He has faced the same roadblocks many of us are facing as we forewarn our congregations that we must be prepared, only to be met with a reluctance to accept the stark reality of what is happening.

I am not completely surprised by this, as we Americans thrive on being “fooled” into accepting the sales trickery as being the best reality possible. The changing of sizes and quality to maintain an acceptable price has long been a standard operating procedure for businesses, and will remain as such, as long as the consumer caves to the temptation to readily accept things as they are.

May God continue to lift up voices in the wilderness to alert the church, and may He open the ears and minds to understanding and action.

God Bless you Dan!
Shalom!
jim

I think the government has been using statistics to lie to us for quite some time.

And then there is Larry Kudlow.