how shall we then live?

Exactly. A question that is really troubling me these days: how can we spend millions of dollars on fancy church buildings and nice programs for family life and overdone Vacation Bible School themes when we know that millions of our brothers and sisters in Christ are starving to death?

Shane Claiborne writes about this in terms of the body of Christ, and his book poses that question. He says something to the effect that if our hands were rotting away, we wouldn't ignore the problem and worry about our hairstyles.

I am so tired of hearing about how if our churches just have the right programs and the right facilities, we'll be able to "do ministry." Serving others in love doesn't require a program, a curriculum, or a building. It requires a heart that is in the right place. It requires a humility of understanding that you don't have all the answers to anyone else's problems. It requires a commitment to understanding how your choices affect people you'll never meet. It requires a patience with misery and setbacks and failure.

It's a lot easier to construct a building.