Skip the eggnog. This Christmas season I invite you to join me and my family to enjoy rice and beans every Wednesday evening in December.
Besides avoiding a couple extra holiday pounds, this “fast” allows us to give of ourselves prayerfully and financially and focus our minds on the needs of the world.
A meal of rice and beans costs around $.30 per person and is one of the most common meals of our friends living in the developing world. We have found that this simple meal can lead to a different type of dinner conversation and serve as a small reminder of the season’s greatest gift—Christ: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9).
If you’re willing to join us, go online and become a member of Rice ‘n’ Beans for HOPE as part of the 58 Campaign:
- Insert http://my.live58.org/momentum/team/634 .
- Select “join” on the right-hand side.
- (If you’re not already a member of the 58: campaign, you will be directed to sign up for 58:; you can then join Rice ‘n’ Beans for HOPE.)
Thank you for considering joining us for this challenge during the holidays!
