Denise Tiller, Midwest Voices 2008
Last week as I was volunteering at Vacation Bible School at our church, the state of the economy was a major concern of the adult staff. Everyone is feeling the pinch of high gas and food prices and they are actively trying to economize. Members of our church are very involved in Harvesters and the Stilwell Caring Ministry and it seems certain that the number of needy will increase while the donations of food may decrease. It seems inevitable that some will have to choose between gas and food. The problem for most of us is that it takes gas to earn the money to buy food and it takes even more gas to produce the food and bring it to us.
