Our hungers are different. Unlike the Palmeros of history, we can leave if things get too rough. One central element in the life of this faith community is our hunger for meaning and purpose. We say we are a Church that supports us in our lives as Christian servants in the world. Until our hunger for identity is as strong as the Israelites hunger for bread, we ll have trouble getting focused on our future.
Hunger invites focus.
It my seem paradoxical, but focus invites mindfulness. In some ways, focus means loss of context, narrowing our attention so that we are not distracted. Initially, our hungers may crowd everything else out of our awareness. In Schools is that pain or hunger can cause us to narrow our focus. But given time, focus can lead beyond this narrow, self-centered way.