Brother Tim Luken is a character in the truest sense of the word.  His life's journey has been varied, and is very interesting.  From his origin story on the banks of the Ohio River Valley, to his present-day vocation as the Abbot General for the Company of Jesus, a third order monastic community canonically resident in the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes, God has been pursuing and preparing him for a purpose.  Bro. Tim is the founder and prior of LivingStone Priory and Five Loaves Food Pantry in Newport News, VA which exists to serve the Hungry of the Virginia Peninsula.  

From January to August 2022, Five Loaves served over 744 families –more than 6,939 people– visiting the pantry 12,267 times since January 1st of that year.  Since developing their database in March 2014, they have served over 8,000 families– 19,643 people!  Five Loaves Food Pantry is 100% Volunteer operated with no salaries as an overhead.  Br. Tim has received the 'Unsung Hero Award' for the work done not only with Five Loaves Food Pantry, but also with numerous other pantries on the Peninsula.  To serve alongside Bro. Tim at Five Loaves is to be the heart and hands of God to those on the Hampton Roads Peninsula.  Volunteers are always welcome!

+++

+ Special Thanks to.. designer Jonathan Scheele for incredible work, musician Radical Face for use of the tracks "I'll Be There Soon", and "Home Movies" from the album Missing Film, and author J.R.R. Tolkien for the quote from his work, 'The Hobbit: There and Back Again' (1937) in the podcast intro. > SoulFriend.life / Twitter: @_EdgeoftheWild_ / Instagram: @EdgeoftheWildPodcast / Facebook: EdgeoftheWildPodcast

+++

Leave us a message!