Darfur
Watching the news reports of genocide in Sudan, I began to wonder where the Church was in responding to the Sudanese in desperate need of help. I have not seen any reports of an official position from Church leaders calling for their members to contribute their time and/or money to help the Sudanese. Why?
I admit that I have not paid attention to the massacre, donated my time or money, or done anything else to help those in peril. I didn't really notice until this weekend, when I saw that George Clooney had traveled to Sudan with his father to help shine light on this tragedy.
Why does it take celebrities such as George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, and Don Cheadle to shine light on the evil that is occurring now? Why has the church not voiced it's outrage and mobalized people and supplies?
When an institution such as the Church holds itself up to be the moral guardian of the world, at a time like this, I wonder where it's priorities lie. I wonder if the Church thinks it is more important to tell people they are sinners, or to help those in need.
If the church wishes to claim, as it so often does, that it is acting in the will of God. Maybe it should take another look at the Bible. The Bible says God went to and comforted the outcasts of society: the lepers who were despised by society, the poor whom no one really cared about, etc.
Where is the Church?
I admit that I have not paid attention to the massacre, donated my time or money, or done anything else to help those in peril. I didn't really notice until this weekend, when I saw that George Clooney had traveled to Sudan with his father to help shine light on this tragedy.
Why does it take celebrities such as George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, and Don Cheadle to shine light on the evil that is occurring now? Why has the church not voiced it's outrage and mobalized people and supplies?
When an institution such as the Church holds itself up to be the moral guardian of the world, at a time like this, I wonder where it's priorities lie. I wonder if the Church thinks it is more important to tell people they are sinners, or to help those in need.
If the church wishes to claim, as it so often does, that it is acting in the will of God. Maybe it should take another look at the Bible. The Bible says God went to and comforted the outcasts of society: the lepers who were despised by society, the poor whom no one really cared about, etc.
Where is the Church?
posted by Peter at 9:12 AM
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http://www.calvin.edu/archive/abstraction-chat/200604/
Look through the Chimes Spoof 2006
Read through this a bit, you will see that you are not alone in wondering this kind of a thing. I kind of ranted a little bit on my post...but that is me.
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