Presbyterian Mission Agency gleaning Archives

Disabilities advocate Bill Gaventa makes the case for welcoming the stranger on ‘A Matter of Faith’ podcast

Posted September 14th, 2022

Bill Gaventa sees mandates for welcoming the stranger and being the body of Christ as important reasons for faith communities to provide inclusion — in ways that are both obvious and subtle — to people with disabilities.

Gleaning to feed the hungry

Posted March 26th, 2019

Erica, it’s simple. People who grow food have too much, while some people go hungry. There must be a way to get the excess produce from the growers to the hungry. There was a way, and my friend John Walker called it “gleaning”— a biblical practice of leaving some of your crops in the field for the poor.

Gleaning to feed the hungry

Posted February 5th, 2019

Erica, it’s simple. People who grow food have too much, while some people go hungry. There must be a way to get the excess produce from the growers to the hungry.