There is a new book that I have been reading, and then sharing with others. The book is entitled, "The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America" by Jim Wallis.
I want to encourage you to pick up his book and begin not only reading but engaging in a very important conversation with Mr. Wallis as you reflect on the church, moral values, and political values in the United States of America.
For too long we have allow television preachers, bad religious fund-raising, etc. to define what Christians care about in America. The book contends that something is happening in this country. He writes: "Faith is being applied to social justice in ways that we might have never imagined just a few short year ago. Spiritual power is being harnessed to address the greatest social challenges that we face today." For Jim Wallis those social challenges are: "disease pandemics, massive inequality that imprisons have the world's people in miserable poverty, human sexual and economic trafficking, genocide, so many threats to the sanctity of human life, endless violations of human dignity, and the alarming unraveling of both family and community systems."
I believe that "The Great Awakening" is a powerful invitation to reshape a church's vision that has forgotten the core values and principles of Jesus life and ministry. Jesus never called us to be North America Christians, but he called us to be children of the reign of God.http://sojo.net/
Take a chance and read.
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Glad to see you posting, Ron. I hope that you find this a useful tool for sharing thoughts with those who are trying to walk the path that Jesus has set before us. Thank you for pointing me to this book. It may answer some questions I've had recently in light of this year's raucous campaigns.
Ron - I've been looking forward to reading this book. I've ordered it and look forward to its arrival!
Don--I look forward to engaging people within this congregation in thoughtful conversation about Wallis' book. Wallis is desperately appealing to us no longer be passive in our conversation but that oura conversation leads to provocative action on behalf of the Gospel.
Good for people to know.
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