A blog is added to cyberspace every two seconds, bringing the total to about 50 million. In that case, it seems difficult to believe that another one is necessary. But I think it is.
As I go out into the world, I seem to meet two kinds of people. The first has varying but limited interest in religion. Some seem to shy away from the mass mind control of an institution that dictates what and how people think. Some might hate perceived bureaucracy. Others may have had an affiliation in the past, but didn’t connect with the message or community.
On the other side of the fence are people who have faith, but possess it in an empty, blind, or otherwise defective way. Some of these people hide behind their religion, using it as an excuse to judge and discriminate. Others have subscribed to a particular denomination’s dogma and attend church because they feel they ought to.
In the end, it seems that we have either not enough faith, or have it in the wrong form – perhaps both. In either case, we do not do enough to spread Christ’s love and teachings into the world which, rife with war, poverty, and illness, has great need.
Let us approach membership in a third group: One defined by firm faith, but also a clarity of vision that allows us to see where we can apply that faith and the love that accompanies it in the world around us.
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