Imagine preaching the feeding of the 5000 to a congregation in Ireland during the Potato Famines of the 1840s. What does this Gospel say to a congregation wasting away, knowing that many will die before the next sermon is preached?  Perhaps it will be your last sermon as well.  What word of hope would you bring?  Imagine you are a missionary sent to a refugee camp on the Sudan/Kenya border. Your bible study group is made up of people who have fled the genocidal wa…