A church employs the unemployed to feed those in need: Two responses to our fear of inadequacy
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 26 March 2020
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The news broke this morning that unemployment claims in the US surged by 3.28 million last week. This is the highest number ever recorded in a single week, more than quadruple the previous record of 695,000 claims in October 1982. For perspective: the US saw barely 200,000 unemployment claims just three weeks ago.
It's easy to read today's news and be overwhelmed. We can feel afraid that all we can do is not all that needs to be done.
This fear can be both disabling and empowering. Let's discuss the difference.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to a bonus episode of the Daily Article podcast, presented by the Denison |
| 0:07.8 | Forum and featuring Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:10.7 | Hi, this is Jim Denison with Denison Ministries, and this is the Daily Article Special |
| 0:16.0 | edition for March 26, 2020. |
| 0:19.3 | The news broke this morning that unemployment claims in the U.S. |
| 0:22.2 | surged by $3.28 million last week. This is the highest number ever recorded in a single week, |
| 0:27.7 | more than quadruple the previous record of 695,000 claims in October of 1982. For perspective, |
| 0:34.1 | the U.S. saw barely 200,000 unemployment claims just three weeks ago. |
| 0:38.9 | In related news, the Transportation Safety Administration confirmed Wednesday that on Tuesday, |
| 0:43.9 | the agency saw a record low in the number of passenger screenings in airports nationwide. |
| 0:49.3 | Tuesday's screenings were an 88% drop from March 1st. |
| 0:53.5 | It's easy to read today's news and be overwhelmed. |
| 0:56.5 | We can feel afraid that all we can do is not all that needs to be done. This fear can be both |
| 1:01.5 | disabling and empowering. Let's discuss the difference. Highland Parking out in Methodist |
| 1:09.1 | Church in Dallas was in the local news this week. The church identified |
| 1:12.7 | those in the area who were in great need of food assistance, then they focused on out-of-work |
| 1:17.8 | caterers using church donations to employ them. These caterers are making more than 1,200 lunches a day |
| 1:24.3 | to serve at shelters. Their employer told a reporter, I'm eternally grateful as well as my |
| 1:30.0 | people are and everybody working here, and we will pay it forward. Just because we cannot do everything |
| 1:36.1 | does not mean that we cannot do something. This church, despite its large size and resources, |
| 1:41.6 | can't feed every person in Dallas, but they can feed |
| 1:44.5 | some people in Dallas, and they're not allowing what they cannot do to keep them from doing |
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