I really shouldn't read books. Books make me think and then apply what I have read to other articles written by individuals supposedly in the same field.
Ok,ok, I will stop making vague allusions and get to the point.
I am reading a book of sermons and homilies be a noted bishop. I then read a letter in the paper from someone with the title Pastor in front of his name. Even though both individuals work within the clergy field, working on spreading the word of God, the two could not be more diverse. The bishop is promoting ministering to the "little ones", the "least of these". Feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, tending the sick.... You know the passages. Something like those very lines are found in every religion, contrary to some folks belief. The pastor is promoting an anti-islamic stance and seems to be even encouraging an aggressive stance against those who do not believe as he does. Taking passages from the bible out of context and molding them to bolster his platform of isolation and bigotry.
I believe in what the bishop is promoting. We have to work (and it is work) to feed, to clothe, to tend and more importantly, to change.
Write, listen, speak and work.
Start now.
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