What an awesome Alternative Break Service Trip. Our trip to Detroit focused on issues food security, defined as the opportunity for all people at all times to have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. Food in this case dealt with natural food. What I did not anticipate is that the issue of food security also addressed issues moral and spiritual food security. The symbolism of food, how the need for food transcends are social, racial, economic, political, and governmental concerns. In our Christian tradition Jesus was often revealed in the breaking of bread or the distribution of fish. What I discovered in Detroit is that I represent the “Bread of Life”, that I’m to share the grace of God by distributing myself, giving “the opportunity for all people at all times to have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”, both naturally and spiritually. A life-changing week!
-Doc
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