What is our relationship, as Christians, to poverty?

What is our relationship, as Christians, to poverty?  The Australian CM site has a link that represents a view from Australia. As part of Thinking Faith’s Lenten series, Sarah Broscombe, reflecting on her experience of the World Social Forum 2009, explains how the Christian understanding of poverty does not just focus on a lack of material goods, and how it is inextricably linked to a concern for environmental issues.