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Genesis 25:34 recounts the story of Isaac\u2019s two sons Esau and Jacob. \u00a0Talk about a sibling rivalry. \u00a0Coming home from an unsuccessful hunt one day, Esau was exhausted and famished. \u00a0The aroma of hot, steaming red lentil soup filled the air and he would do anything to have some. \u00a0 His brother Jacob, a crafty schemer, agreed to give his brother some soup in exchange for the birthright to which the elder son was entitled. \u00a0Esau\u00a0acquiesced.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are two things about this popular Old Testament story that have always perplexed me.<\/span><\/p>\n

(1) \u00a0Just how good can soup possibly be that someone would renounce a birthright to have some<\/strong>? \u00a0On Saturday, January 24th, 2009, I was privileged to serve as a judge in the tenth annual Souper Bowl where I found out just how good soup can be. \u00a0The 2009 Souper Bowl, Albuquerque’s foremost tasting competition, featured more than thirty of Albuquerque’s finest restaurants showcasing their very best soups and desserts. \u00a0More importantly, it served as the Roadrunner Food Bank’s<\/a> premier fund-raising event. <\/span><\/p>\n

On an overcast winter day when the cloudy grey skies reflected the mood of uncertainty and anxiousness surrounding the economy, the Duke City needed comfort food–the warmth and nurturance of soup. \u00a0Soup is restorative, it is healing, it can uplift a troubled soul. \u00a0As 32 Albuquerque chefs proved, it can also be inspired.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even the sagacious King Solomon would have struggled to select a winner from among the scintillating fusillade of soups brought before the panel of six judges. \u00a0There were savory soups; \u00a0dessert sweet soups; sublimely scented soups; \u00a0tongue-tingling, tangy soups; incendiary, piquant soups and rich, creamy soups all seemingly seeking out, finding and tantalizing every one of our taste buds.<\/span><\/p>\n

A compendium of ingredients, spices and seasonings were deployed. \u00a0 Bischochitos were used in place of croutons on one soup. \u00a0Popcorn was a surprising find in another. \u00a0Still another saw the captivating convergence of cayenne and curry in a Tiki Masala soup.<\/span><\/p>\n

Results were tallied and winners were announced, but the true winners were the hundreds who sipped and slurped some of the very best soup conceivable. \u00a0A bigger winner still are the hungry masses throughout the Land of Enchantment in need of sustenance and hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

(2) \u00a0How could someone not feed a brother when he is hungry<\/strong>? \u00a0New Mexico is considered the hungriest state in the nation with one of six New Mexicans at risk of going hungry every day. \u00a0Nearly twenty percent of the Land of Enchantment’s citizens wonder where their next meal will come from. \u00a0New Mexico is third in the nation in childhood poverty with more than a quarter of our children living day-to-day in poverty . \u00a0These are our brothers and sisters<\/a>…and there but for the grace of God go many of us, particularly in this trying economy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Since 1980, the Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico has been serving the state’s hungry and is the leader in creating solutions to end hunger in New Mexico. \u00a0In the nearly three decades since its inception, the Roadrunner Food Bank has distributed more than 170 million pounds of food. \u00a0It solicits, collects and transports over 16 million pounds of food yearly.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Roadrunner Food Bank \u00a0distributes the food through a statewide network of over 600 emergency food pantries, group homes, low-income day care centers, shelters, soup kitchens, and six smaller, regional food banks.\u00a0 In turn, these organizations provide emergency food boxes, group meals, and direct distribution to approximately 240,000 low-income people each year. <\/span><\/p>\n

These are trying times in New Mexico with government and private contributions to charitable organizations on the decrease while demand for their services is on the rise. \u00a0Non-profit charitable organizations such as the Roadrunner Food Bank depend upon contributions to support their activities. <\/span><\/p>\n

There are several ways we can all contribute and we don’t have to wait until the annual Souper Bowl to do so. \u00a0In fact, volunteers play a key role in Roadrunner Food Bank\u2019s mission of feeding the hungry. Roadrunner Food Bank relies heavily on volunteers to supplement its 40 staff members. Volunteers help sort, package and box all the donated food. <\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking from personal experience, there is no more rewarding “team building” experience than for colleagues to get together to do something for others less fortunate. \u00a0It may not be as much fun as judging a Souper Bowl, but it is infinitely more important. \u00a0Other ways in which you can help feed your brothers and sisters is through monetary donations \u00a0and by conducting food drives on behalf of the Roadrunner Food Bank. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the New Testament, Jesus took five loaves of bread and two fish and fed the multitudes. \u00a0The Roadrunner Food Bank returns $9 worth of food for every dollar donated. \u00a0Please help the Roadrunner Food Bank continue to perform day-to-day miracles that touch the lives of our New Mexican brothers and sisters. \u00a0Your generosity is more important now than ever!<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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