We can’t pick up the local paper or hear the cable news currently without being faced with this question.  Politicians at all levels are struggling with what we think are “limited” resources and deciding where to place them.  On the local scene, we continue to debate the desire of the local community to support our minor league baseball team.  On the state level, at least implied by this morning’s paper, we again will face the possibility of pulling part of the financial foundation away from the MD system here in downtown.

How has it come to pass, that in one of the richest countries in the world, resources seem to have disappeared and no one seems willing to make a commitment to invest?

As people of faith, the challenge is always to be a counter-cultural force.  When the world wants to wash it hands, we dig in.  When the world sees scarcity, we see God’s abundance.  Can we engage the conversation?