by Jim McIntosh | Mar 1, 2011 | Observations |
A unionized public employee, a member of the Tea Party and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table there is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, looks at the tea partier and says,”Look out for that...
by Jim McIntosh | Jan 18, 2008 | Church, Cochabamba, Franciscan, Observations |
Every night, the friars here in Cochabamba, Bolivia, give away any extra food remaining after dinner to the poor who come to the door. No left-overs are kept until the following day. I used to think this was a wonderful custom — to empty the pantry for the poor...
by Jim McIntosh | Sep 18, 2007 | Bolivia, Cochabamba, Status |
Tonight was I was walking home, I heard some kids calling, “Hola, Hermano Jimmy McIntosh!” They were street kids who eat at the soup kitchen we run here in Cochabamba. I greeted them back, and then thought about the situation. These kids had probably only...
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