I was raised on the New Testament, and the Jesus preached to me was the sort who gave and worked. It always seemed to me that the forty days of self-deprivation really didn't touch on the message of Jesus, which is giving, touching, helping, and loving. Every small gesture helps, if only to convince people that there is hope, they are seen, and someone cares.
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Date: 2008-02-06 10:20 pm (UTC)