Thank you to everyone who has watched our PSA and shared it with others. In under 48 hours we have over 4,200 views between our YouTube feed and our Vimeo feed! There have also been some other nice developments.
First, I was invited to blog about "I'm a social justice Christian" at The Huffington Post. That post appeared yesterday. Here's an excerpt:
When I talk to Christians about justice, many will say it's the responsibility of the church to take care of people; we shouldn't expect the government to do that. There is a partial truth to this. But here's the rub. First of all, we live in a pluralistic society and not everyone is a Christian, to say the least. Do we really mean to say that only people who belong to a church can receive the care they need? And secondly, even if you grant that people outside the church should be cared for (as most Christians would), some issues, like health care, are too big for a local congregation to handle alone. In many cases, such as human rights and public health, our person-to-person solutions are too small.
Read the whole thing here.
Yesterday evening I was invited, along with the director of the PSA, Leslie Muse, and one of the pastors that appeared in the PSA, Rev. Neil Thomas, to speak live with Ian Masters radio program on KPFK called Daily Briefing. You can listen to our conversation here.
Please help us keep this going by sharing these pieces with others!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-wallis/video-glenn-beck-meets-wi_b_521403.html
Posted by: Christie | April 09, 2010 at 06:04 PM
Sorry, the comment was deleted from my last post to get it to work. Here is an introduction: The url is to a video of a "secret meeting" between Glenn Beck and Jim Wallis that was posted on the Huffington Post in response to Beck's statement about rejecting social justice Christianity.
Posted by: Christie | April 09, 2010 at 06:07 PM
The church used to take care of the poor until the government forced them out. They saw the dollar sign and kicked the church out of this role. They replaced it with cold uncaring social workers and programs etc.
This new word "Social Justice" being used today, especially by political types is part of a scheme for a Socialist New World Order. A global government... '
When you hear these words, run the other way.... It is political manipulation of the church like Stalin did, a means to an end....
The Christians main charge is getting out the gospel, not being manipulated by political types.
Posted by: Jim | May 24, 2010 at 06:49 AM