A report from a nonprofit center delineated the number of electric, gas, and water bills paid out of the benevolence fund for the month. A similar accounting for food and other services followed. The numbers were considerable, except for one. The last item on the report was counseling. Number helped: 0. Ouch Are people actually comfortable in their poverty? *** Time and time again we help people who are struggling by giving money or food or a ride. Time and time again they turn away from the people who helped them, away from God, and away from the church that paid their water bill and go right back to the lifestyle that enslaves them. The problem is that we do things that are never addressing the problem. There will always be poverty so long as there is exclusion. Often we we have donated food or money, we have also helped people in need continue to worship their false gods, be they self-pity, a mind-set of entitlement, or belief that they are a victim. PoMo Poverty is written not to the impoverished, but to those of us who may lead them to the bread of life, living water, and inclusion in the family of faith. In true Christian fellowship, there are no outsiders. Abundance in this century is centered upon inclusion.