The land is full of grain and riches abound, and yet the souls of the people are starving. There is a hunger that the knowledge of man cannot feed nor can a full belly abate the desire. The word has been driven from the eye and the ear, the tongue that speaks the truth has been placed in silence. The proclamation of the good news is far from the minds of the people, having been set aside for other desires. The next new thing or shiny object has replaced love and kindness. The streets run red with blood while people wander in confusion seeking the truth but finding it not, as they hunger in a famine for the bread of life.