From Mike Rich: This is a comment on something the church forgets WAY too often...

We all lose if any of us lose.

The "little-c" catholic church, which includes everyone who has accepted Jesus as their Christ/Messiah, is a body. If my foot hurts, I hurt. If I get a dust speck in my eye, I hurt. If I break my foot it doesn't matter much at that moment if my arm is healthy. If you don't believe me just drop a brick on your foot and then try to think about your arm. If a congregation in California has an abundance of great worship leaders while a congregation in Kentucky has none, the entire body suffers. If a Texas congregation has plenty of money while a missionary in Somalia is hungry, the whole body suffers. If a Christian man is in prison and the body doesn't consider him, the church loses.

What can be done about? You don't necessarily have to move or travel or know everything going on in the church. Just look around you. The people you encounter daily are your "neighbors" as described by the scriptures. The Christians attending your church are members of "the body." Do you see needs? What can you do to help? What do you have in abundance lacked by those around you? What can you do to encourage others?

Why aren't you doing it? See Romans 12:4-8.