We only stopped by Minnesota, but we noticed some things.
We noticed that when a city is so "churched" that it has two Lutheran dioceses, one for each side of the river, there is a lot more social (and financial) capital to do some good.
We also noticed that the Minnesota State Government is much more aggressive in its spending to help the poor. C'mon Tennessee. Get with the program.
We noticed that when the poor are ones helping the poor, it can get really awesome really fast.
We noticed that forgiveness is the only way forward. No matter what.
We noticed that Chattanooga has a far more homeless persons per capita than the Twin Cities. In the Twin Cities, even with a high estimate, there is 1 homeless person for every 1312 people. In Chattanooga, there is 1 homeless person for every 212 people. That is not acceptable. The Twin cities population is almost 20 times larger than Chattanooga, but the Chattanooga homeless population would increase the Twin Cities homeless population by a third.
We noticed we like Lutherans a lot. We are all part of the Jesus movement.
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