Tag Archives: social-justice

A quick thought on compassion

The church, and christians in general, are on the whole good at compassionate action for people who haven’t had a hand in their own problems. We give money for food to starving African children, and we are willing to dedicate time and money to helping tsunami victims, or hurricane survivors. What we’re not good at [...]

Posted in God Stuff | Also tagged , Comments Off

Religious Right. Right?

There are two things that really just hurt about this article. The first is the way in which Christian values have been manipulated to fit in with a political ideology. Conferences like this re-inforce the sentiment that the church is about rules, about being homophobic and xenophobic. When terms are used like “attack on our [...]

Posted in God Stuff, World | Also tagged , , , , , , Comments Off