{"id":141,"date":"2008-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fearofwhales\/2008\/02\/sandwhiches.html"},"modified":"2011-04-23T21:29:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T01:29:43","slug":"sandwhiches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales\/2008\/02\/sandwhiches.html","title":{"rendered":"Sandwhiches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/ryangaffney.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/pbj1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" class=\"alignright at-xid-6a014e87f1cb84970d01538dfeac71970b\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/fearofwhales.typepad.com\/.a\/6a014e87f1cb84970d01538dfeac71970b-pi\" style=\"border:0 none\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI  go to a post-contemporary service at a Presbyterian church\u2026. I realize  that\u2019s a little odd, but I&#039;m going to have to suggest that you get used  to it because it\u2019s one of the less paradoxical aspects of my walk&#8230;  Anyway one of the things we do as an expression of worship is make  sandwiches in the service.<br \/>\nSome people clap their hands, other  people make sandwiches to feed the homeless, it\u2019s just something we do\u2026.  Ya know, because Christ is Lord<br \/>\nAnyway some friends of  mine went to deliver the sandwiches last Sunday afternoon, and found  that the mission we give them to was closed.<br \/>\nI dunno why, president\u2019s day I guess.<br \/>\nThat night they invited me out to go and find some homeless people on our own since the mission was closed\u2026<br \/>\nWe looked for 2 hours<br \/>\nWe found 2 hungry people<br \/>\nWe had 80 sandwiches<br \/>\nMonday  we checked the mission again.. still closed. So I brought 78 day-old  sandwiches to my college campus, and gave them to the freshmen.<br \/>\nHossanah!<br \/>\nYou  would not believe the reactions of 80 rich kids who have no trouble  affording their daily bread when they are handed a homemade sandwich  they don\u2019t expect.<br \/>\nAnyway I\u2019m pretty sure that has something to do with Jesus, but I\u2019ll let you make your own connections.<br \/>\nI\u2019m  more interested in the direct pragmatism of the whole thing. Do you  think I could ever get anyone else on board with me for a \u201cFeed the  Peckish\u201d ministry?<br \/>\nMark 5:11<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I go to a post-contemporary service at a Presbyterian church\u2026. 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