Let’s Act
My family traveled a lot, often in developing countries, when I was younger. My little sister would cry when we saw children begging on the street. I thought she was crazy. I couldn’t understand why she felt so emotional about people we didn't know. I believed we were doing all we could and that it was someone else’s responsibility to end systematic poverty.
What if We Actually Followed God?
Culture wars fascinate me. It seems the church culture finds the most hypocritical issues to fixate on.
Church culture seems obsessed with bathrooms but is relatively silent about women being raped and assaulted. The rights of a baker to refuse service to a gay couple is adamantly fought for, while children are ripped from their families and kept in detention centers. We care about respecting a flag while ignoring President disrespecting our values. Culture wars seem more about protecting the privilege our country has granted Christians, then standing for Jesus.
Inspired to Love the Stranger
Sandwiched in time between two catastrophic storms, the debate about undocumented immigrants raised it's head this week. The decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - referred to commonly as DACA - was announced. DACA allowed children, who were brought to the United States illegally "to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and eligibility for a work permit." This executive order by President Obama allowed 800,000 young people - called dreamers - relief from the fear of being forced to leave their homes.