It's cut out a lot of the world. He seldom makes a mistake, but he proceeds very slowly. It's hard work. I figured if I could learn to read, it'd be a little easier on me. As the federal and state governments try to phase themselves out of the welfare business, politicians suggest that businesses, non-profits and churches fill the gaps.
Businesses can provide jobs, and non-profits soup, the thinking goes.
Churches can provide a little food for the body, and perhaps a great deal for the soul. The church can help people transform themselves. That, at least, is the theory. Scheiber does not see herself as plugging a very big breech. She doesn't operate on a grand enough scale.