December 22nd, 2007
…all i want for christmas (the rest)
this has been a weird journey. i started off strong, but i just couldn’t summon the stamina to continue to find things that i really wanted. you all had to know what this was leading up to…
the number one thing i want for christmas is for people to stop sitting idly by in the face of some of the world, country, region, state, local communities worst injustices. i believe it’s time we as chlldren of god pull the wool off from our eyes and start fighting some of these terrible social injustices. starving children, people dying on the streets, people who suffer as a result of nothing more than a curse of longitude and latitude, slave labor, sex trade, fair wage, clean water.
a few of these battles, they don’t take much of your time or resources to even fight! want to fight the injustice of people not getting paid fairly for the work they do? start small… insist on fair trade coffee. want to help fight for the homeless in your community? visit 1matters.org and get in on the current fight here in toledo. starving children? visit one.org and at least add your name to the campaign to end poverty.
these are just a few examples, and i didn’t even get into the political “hot-button” issues that i personally believe in, such as global warming.
listen, i don’t want to try and pull anyone in a guilt trip here. that’s not my intention, nor am i trying to play a “holier than thou” card, because a lot of these things i’m still working through myself.
tony campolo has one of the greatest quotes i”ve ever read on this topic. he was speaking to a very large group of christians once, and these amazing words, which i will leave you with, struck true to i’m sure everyone in attendance;
“While you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of causes related to malnutrition and starvation. Most of you don’t give a shit. In fact, most of you are more offended that I just said ’shit’ than you are that 30,000 children died.”
http://tunz4jesus.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/unbelievable-accapella/
Hey Bro,
how about some link love? Hook a sister up, Yo?
oops. my bad. i could have sworn i had you in the links section already.
ah well, it’s taken care of.