In #VictoriaBC - you get in trouble from bylaw officers if you cook/feed the poor & houseless folks in Summer. You don't get in much trouble & usually left alone in cold, freezing weather in Winter because bylaw officers won't patrol much when conditions are miserable out. I learned that from past lived experiences when trying to cook outside to feed #hungry & #houseless folks.

I wouldn't feel the need to keep trying to feed people here if our governments, & our society as a whole, didn't treat houseless folks like they're not human & not deserving of kindness, compassion & understanding. Some of us citizens have got in trouble for trying to feed people - when the people trying to punish people like me aren't doing much to help feed & house the folks who need to be fed & housed the most.

I'm not a criminal. The heartless governments & ignorant people who #stigmatize hungry, houseless folks, while doing shit all to help out, are the real criminals in our society.

I will ALWAYS try to feed the hungry, without judgements. I hope more people will also go out to feed the hungry, without judgements. We - the grassroots citizens, who care - are local humanity in action. We need to keep trying to help folks in our own communities, as much as we can. We need to keep resisting the fascists who try to destroy our efforts.

Cruel fascists are no benefit to any community. Whether they're elected officials or not. The houseless are part of all of our communities. They don't deserve to be ignored & treated like lesser than humans.

#FeedTheHungry #StopTheStigma #CommunitySocialWork #HelpYourCommunity #BeAHumanitarian #HelpTheHungry #YYJpoli #BCpoli #HomelessnessIsNotACrime #PovertyIsNotACrime #HumanRights #SocialJustice

Howard Crosby, Presbyterian minister, writes on giving. He says there’s no crime in taking care of self or family. The bible warns against amassing for oneself.

Is this in the radar of the most vocal elements of the contemporary church?

How can you practice frugality, industry, and industry for the sake of God’s kingdom?

#christian #helpthehungry #humanitarianaid #shelter #freehumans

He's a disabled man who is asking complete strangers for a little help with his groceries. Surely y'all can find a few dollars to help him eat. Preset donations go as low as $25 but you can set your own amuont.

#donate #charity #helpthehungry

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Gervase Babington was an Anglican bishop. Here he writes on the Lord’s Prayer, specifically the petition of “Give us this day our daily bread.” Noting that it is “our” and not “my” bread, Babington points out the humanitarian concern. He says God gives us not for our own but that others may have a part of it.

What would the world look like if those who say the Lord’s Prayer believed likewise?

#lordsprayer #lovelikejesus #conservative #helpthehungry #authenticcommunication #christian