Another Moment of Inspiration

Over the past couple of months we have launched a small and very promising partnership with The Contributor—our local Nashville street newspaper. Well, Anita, a formerly homeless neighbor who has been gardening with us, learning to cook better at our community lunches, and partnering with us at the East Nashville Farmers Market, spilled all of her papers on our food pantry floor. Stooped over and picking them up—her vision blocked by her wide-brimmed hat—she said she saw the “hand of Jesus” come into view. A young volunteer had stooped down right behind her, not ever having met each other, and started picking up her papers. The “hand of Jesus” for Anita, as she said later, meant that the work of the divine reached right on into the muck of her life and helped out. This day, she said, it was in the form of a little brown hand of middle schooler.

At the Co-op we hope to encourage and participate in the hand of the divine reaching into neighbor’s lives to help out.