Faith in Action

This is a fascinating article demonstrating true Faith in Action.  This provides a glimpse of what I believe God calls humanity to be - a true beloved community.  Enjoy.

Where the table is open to all

Brad and Libby Birky wanted to feed the hungry without setting them apart.

At their cafe, customers pay what they can, or not at all.

By Stephanie Simon / Times Staff Writer / April 16, 2007

Denver — IT has been six months since Brad and Libby Birky opened a small cafe on a grungy strip of Colfax Avenue. They have no idea how much money they’ve made.   Or how much any of their customers has paid for a bowl of the chicken chili or a slice of the organic pesto pizza.  Prices, profits — those don’t mean much in the SAME Cafe.   The acronym stands for So All May Eat, and that philosophy is all that matters.

After years of volunteering in soup kitchens, Libby and Brad wanted to create a place that would nourish the hungry without setting them apart.   No assembly-line service, no meals mass-produced from whatever happened to be donated that week.   Just fresh, sophisticated food, made from scratch, served up in a real restaurant — but a restaurant without a cash register.

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