So when people say that churches should step into the gap they are either ignorant of the size and scope that would be required, or they really just don't care about those suffering around them.

And the PK told me I was a FOOL for thinking people should care about my brother dying since HE WAS NEVER A MEMBER. It didn't matter that I was a member in good standing until I got married and moved. His lack of membership was the excuse given to absolve them of doing the bare minimum of caring.

The church I had gone to for most of my adult life prior to marriage did NOTHING to support me. I didn't need money, or resources, just some proof that people cared.

The second reason I am not surprised is I know first hand how little churches care when the rubber meets the road. In 2019 when my life was blowing up with the death of my brother there were individuals that stepped up but the churches I had been involved in absolutely failed.

Protestant churches are too fragmented to step into the gap. That is just a simple economic fact. The Mormon Church and the Catholic Church are the only 2 with the size and money to step into the gap

The rest were too small for that kind of things, running at around 50-100 members. A church of 100 people will never have the bargaining power to get the prices as low as a large city/state/country wide food bank will.

Favorite Cosmere book?

I haven't watched the video but I am aware of the book. It's on my list to read.

For a palate cleanse who is your favorite Stormlight Character?

Yeah probably. I was looking at the book but my brain just did its thing.

Correction: John Green is the author

Ach your right. Grr. I was even looking at the book but my brain betrayed me

For the first time in Human history we have the ability to cure a vast array of illnesses and yet we lock them behind impossibly high price tags. The number is incalculable how how many people die because a CEO needs another mansion. It doesn't have to be this way.

For the first time in Human history we have clean water for every one and yet 9,500 people die every day of unclean water.

What is your favorite Sanderson book?

Oh yeah I've had a passport since I was 16 and I make sure to always renew it.