Hunger is the world’s most shocking problem and our toughest challenge. One in eight people on this planet are living with the pain of hunger, and yet our world produces enough food for everyone. It’s unfair, unjust, and entirely preventable.

We can respond to local need by giving to the food banks that are being set up across the country.

We can respond by buying Fair Trade goods – especially now during FT fortnight - because farmers across the world are among the poorest people.

We can be more responsible about the amount of food we waste.

We can support the new, one-year campaign called ‘Enough Food for Everyone If...’ which calls on world leaders to make more progress towards ending global hunger.

We can write to our MP and add our voice to the 80 or so other campaigning organisations and groups.

We all need to play our part in transforming this society.

But we will not change the world by just being generous. We will only transform it by living a distinctive lifestyle as Jesus did.

For God's sake, he renounced his rights in order to defend ours; he went two miles instead of only one; he gave his cloak with his coat; he railed against injustice of every kind and calls on us to live in this way too. (Matt 5) As we enter this season of Lent and turn our faces towards the cross, let us try to live differently and join the transformative cry against injustice.

Lis Mullen, Minister in South Lakes Group of United Reformed Churches